Cat. No. 1125
Femme Diagonale
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2005
- Themes
- Abstraction, Figures, Nature
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- Smooth, wove board
- Dimensions:
- plate (in 4 parts) (overall): 26 5/8 × 15 7/8" (67.6 × 40.4 cm); sheet: 33 1/8 x 21 5/16" (84.1 x 54.2 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- Osiris
- Printer
- Wingate Studio
- Edition:
- 12
- Edition Information:
- This composition is comprised of four plates arranged in a grid. "Femme Diagonale" and "Hang On" use all four plates, while the untitled compositions only use the top left plate, printed once or twice. When all four plates are used, soft ground etching is only in three of the plates. The top right rectangle is a print of a slightly distressed plate.
About the "Femme Diagonale" edition:
Bourgeois and the publisher designated each impression as a study. (Usually in this catalogue, the term study describes photocopies and tracings that were used in the process of developing a composition.) There are varying hand additions across the edition.
About the "Hang On" illustrated book edition:
There are varying hand additions across the edition of illustrated books. Impression number 5/9 was also available for examination by MoMA cataloguers, but was not available for reproduction. In that example, plate 17 has chine collé, and blue watercolor wash, red crayon, and pencil additions.
About the untitled editions:
The top left plate from the full composition was used for three untitled editions. The edition of 1 has black hand additions. The edition of 3 has red hand additions. There is also an edition of 3 diptychs with red and blue hand additions. - Impression:
- "Study 2/12" lower right sheet verso, pencil, unknown hand.
- Descriptive Title:
- English translation: "Diagonal Woman"
- Description:
- Soft ground etching, with blue and white watercolor, and pencil additions
- Inscription:
- "femme diagonale" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 716.2006
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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Untitled, plate 17 of 17, from the illustrated book, Hang On ; Femme Diagonale ...
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Untitled, plate 17 of 17, from the illustrated book,<i> Hang On</i>
2004
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<i>Femme Diagonale</i>
2005
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2005
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Untitled
2005
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2005
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Untitled
2005
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2005
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Untitled
2005
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2005
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Untitled
2005
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2005
Untitled
2005
Illustrated Book
2004
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Hang On
2004
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Hang On</i>
2004
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Topiary
State III of III
2005
<i>Topiary</i>
2005
Published
Untitled
Only state
2002
Untitled
2002
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1945-1947
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Femme Maison
1945-1947
Medium: Oil and ink on linen
Dimensions: canvas: 36 x 14" (91.4 x 35.6 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY