Hands

Cat. No. 1067/I

Hands

State/Variant:
State I of VIII
Date:
2002

Themes
Body Parts
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 11 15/16 x 9 15/16" (30.3 x 25.2 cm); sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 15/16" (37.5 x 27.8 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
1 known impression of state I
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition at any state.
Impression:
Not numbered
Background:
Printer Felix Harlan of Harlan & Weaver traced Bourgeois's hands to create this composition. A photograph was taken of the process. Bourgeois later used this photograph to create a 2008 photogravure, also titled "Hands," seen in Related Works in the Catalogue.
Curatorial Remarks:
The source drawing for this composition was done on the verso of the 2002 impression seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue.
Description:
Drypoint, with red pencil additions
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1572.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Hands

2002-2003

Source

2002

Untitled (verso)
States
Hands
Hands
Hands
Hands
Hands
Hands
Hands
Hands

Related Works in the Catalogue

Untitled
Untitled
My Hand
Untitled, no. 5 of 6, from the portfolio, The Woven Child
Slipping Away
10 AM Is When You Come to Me (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-10)
Extreme Tension
Marriage, plate 5 of 24, from the series, Self Portrait

Related Works in Other Mediums

Décontractée
Untitled
Untitled, no. 5 of 9, from the suite, My Left Hand
My Hands