Cat. No. 1067/VIII
Hands
- State/Variant:
- State VIII of VIII
- Date:
- 2002-2003
- Themes
- Body Parts, Music
- Techniques
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove music paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 15/16 x 9 15/16" (30.3 x 25.2 cm); sheet: 17 5/8 x 10 3/4" (44.7 x 27.3 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, red ink.
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state VIII
- 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 ink and pencil additions
- Inscription:
- "Do Re Me Fa" (repeated) across composition (erased) and margin, pencil, artist's hand. Verso: "the house" upper left sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state VII, in drypoint: more curving lines added to right side of left hand; nail of right hand's fourth finger reconfigured; and various contour lines reinforced overall.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1579.2008
State VIII of VIII
2002-2003
Hands
2002-2003
Source
2002
Untitled (verso)
2002
Untitled (verso)
2002
Medium: Pencil
Dimensions: sheet: 15 9/16 × 11" (39.5 × 28 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
State I of VIII
2002
<i>Hands</i>
2002
State II of VIII
2002
<i>Hands</i>
2002
State III of VIII
2002-2003
<i>Hands</i>
2002-2003
State IV of VIII
2002-2003
<i>Hands</i>
2002-2003
State V of VIII
2002-2003
<i>Hands</i>
2002-2003
State VI of VIII
2002-2003
<i>Hands</i>
2002-2003
State VII of VIII
2002-2003
<i>Hands</i>
2002-2003
State VIII of VIII
2002-2003
<i>Hands</i>
2002-2003
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Slipping Away
Only state
2006
<i>Slipping Away</i>
2006
10 AM Is When You Come to Me (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-10)
2006
<i>10 AM Is When You Come to Me</i> (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-10)
2006
Marriage, plate 5 of 24, from the series, Self Portrait
Only state
2009
<i>Marriage</i>, plate 5 of 24, from the series,<i> Self Portrait</i>
2009
Untitled
State V of VI
2002
Untitled
2002
Untitled
State II of II, variant
1999
Untitled
1999
Untitled, no. 5 of 6, from the portfolio, The Woven Child
2003
Untitled, no. 5 of 6, from the portfolio,<i> The Woven Child</i>
2003
Extreme Tension
Only state
2006
<i>Extreme Tension</i>
2006
My Hand
Only state
2002
<i>My Hand</i>
2002
Related Works in Other Mediums
Untitled, no. 5 of 9, from the suite, My Left Hand
2004
Untitled, no. 5 of 9, from the suite, My Left Hand
2004
Medium: Mixed media on paper
Dimensions: sheet (approx.): 9 1/2 × 8" (24.1 × 20.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Décontractée
1990
Décontractée
1990
Medium: Pink marble and steel
Dimensions: overall: 28 1/2 × 36 × 23" (72.4 × 91.4 × 58.4 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
My Hands
2004
My Hands
2004
Medium: Ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 8 × 9 1/2" (20.3 × 24.1 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
1996
Untitled
1996
Medium: Ink and charcoal on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 9 × 12" (22.9 × 30.5 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY