Head on Fire

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unpublished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

Head on Fire

2000

Source

2000

La Tête en Feu
States
Head on Fire
Head on Fire
Head on Fire
Head on Fire
Head on Fire
Head on Fire

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Femme
Louise, plate 15 of 24, from the series, Self Portrait

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