Cat. No. 1018
Seated Woman
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2004
- Themes
- Figures, Motherhood & Family
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper (2 sheets), mounted on smooth, wove board
- Dimensions:
- plate (a): 8 1/4 × 9 3/4" (21 × 24.7 cm); plate (b): 8 1/4 × 9 13/16" (21 × 25 cm); sheet (overall): 12 13/16 × 24 13/16" (32.5 × 63 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" right lower margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- Osiris
- Printer
- Wingate Studio
- Edition:
- 6
- Edition Information:
- The number of panels and the hand additions on each impression vary throughout the edition of "Seated Woman." For comparison, see the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
In this edition, Bourgeois and the publisher designated each impression as a "study." (However, throughout the catalogue, the term "study" describes photocopies and tracings that were used in the process of developing a composition.)
There is 1 known cancellation proof with a large "X" drawn across the composition from each corner of the plate. - Impression:
- Verso: "Study 6/6" center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- Description:
- panel (a): Soft ground etching, with pencil, white and pink gouache, and red pencil additions
panel (b): Soft ground etching, with red pencil, pencil, and white and pink gouache additions - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 713.2006
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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Seated Woman
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<i>Seated Woman</i>
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2004
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<i>Seated Woman</i>
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2004
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<i>Seated Woman</i>
2004
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Only state
2004
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Seated Woman</i>
2004
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Only state
2004
<i>Seated Woman</i>
2004
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Published
Seated, plate 18 of 24, from the series, Self Portrait
Only state
2009
<i>Seated</i>, plate 18 of 24, from the series,<i> Self Portrait</i>
2009
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled, no. 2 of 6, from the portfolio, The Woven Child
2003
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled, no. 2 of 6, from the portfolio,<i> The Woven Child</i>
2003
Published
The Cross-Eyed Woman IV
State II of II
2004
<i>The Cross-Eyed Woman IV</i>
2004
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The Child
2003
Not in MoMA's Collection
The Child
2003
Medium: Fabric
Dimensions: overall: 13 x 7 1/2 x 11" (33 x 19.1 x 27.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY