Cat. No. 130/I
Ears
- State/Variant:
- State I of VI
- Date:
- 2003
- Themes
- Body Parts
- Techniques
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove Hahnemühle paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 15/16 x 9 15/16" (30.3 x 25.2 cm); sheet: 15 5/8 x 11 1/4" (39.7 x 28.5 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, red ink over pencil.
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state I
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state VI.
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red ink additions
- Inscription:
- Verso: "THALIE / SARRAUT / THENIERS / Biegle, canal, & / la terre du feu / NATHALIE SARRAUTE/ jung" lower center to lower right sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Additions in red ink: ears further delineated, anticipating later states.
- Other Remarks:
- Bourgeois's assistant, Jerry Gorovoy, has no information regarding the reference to Nathalie Sarraute, a French writer and lawyer, on the verso of this impression.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1736.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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