Cat. No. 239/III
Head on Fire
- State/Variant:
- State III of IV
- Date:
- 2000
- Themes
- Body Parts, Faces & Portaits
- Techniques
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 10 7/8 x 8 1/2" (27.7 x 21.6 cm); sheet: 16 7/16 x 13 9/16" (41.8 x 34.4 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 1999" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state III
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state IV.
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Curatorial Remarks:
- Since the back of this proof includes a date (26 May 2000) written by the print workshop, and the source drawing for this composition is dated 2000, Bourgeois probably mistakenly wrote 1999 when she added her signature.
- Description:
- Drypoint
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state II in drypoint: left ear delineated.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 969.2008
- This Work in Other Collections:
- The Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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State III of IV
2000
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Head on Fire
2000
Source
2000
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La Tête en Feu
2000
Not in MoMA's Collection
La Tête en Feu
2000
Medium: Ink on graph paper
Dimensions: sheet: 11 x 8" (27.9 x 20.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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Medium: Ink, oilstick, and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 9 x 11 1/2" (22.9 x 29.2 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY