Cat. No. 429, variant 4
Pliers
- State/Variant:
- Only state, variant
- Date:
- 2001
- Themes
- Objects
- Techniques
- Drypoint, Engraving
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 5 7/8 x 3 15/16" (15 x 10 cm); sheet: 11 5/16 x 10 1/8" (28.8 x 25.7 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 7 known impressions of only state
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Description:
- Engraving and drypoint, with red ink additions
- Inscription:
- Verso: "lines engraved with electric / lockmith [?]" lower center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- Other Remarks:
- According to the artist's assistant Jerry Gorovoy, Bourgeois may have traced an actual tool to create this image, similarly to how she traced common household objects to develop the 2006 print series, “Lullaby.”
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1524.2008
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Related Works in the Catalogue
Untitled, plate 1 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series
State III of III
1994
Untitled, plate 1 of 14, from the portfolio,<i> Autobiographical Series</i>
1994
Lullaby
2006
<i>Lullaby</i>
2006
La Réparation, plate 3 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
State IV of IV
2003
<i>La Réparation</i>, plate 3 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2003
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Untitled
1986
Untitled
1986
Medium: Watercolor, ink, oil, charcoal, and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 23 3/4 x 19" (60.3 x 48.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
1986
Untitled
1986
Medium: Watercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 23 3/4 x 19" (60.3 x 48.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
1986
Untitled
1986
Medium: Watercolor and ink on paper
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
1986
Untitled
1986
Medium: Watercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 23 3/4 x 19" (60.3 x 48.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Red Tools #6
1986
Red Tools #6
1986
Medium: Watercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 23 3/4 x 19" (60.3 x 48.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Sois Calme Be Calm: Rue de la Grande Chaumiere
c. 2000
Sois Calme Be Calm: Rue de la Grande Chaumiere
c. 2000
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Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/2 x 11" (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY