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Cat. No. 517/II

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State/Variant:
State II of II
Date:
2000
Themes
Animals & Insects
Techniques
Drypoint, Engraving
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 11 15/16 x 9 15/16" (30.3 x 25.2 cm); sheet: 17 1/2 x 14" (44.4 x 35.5 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
1 known impression of state II
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition at any state.
Impression:
Not numbered
Descriptive Title:
Eight-Headed Creature
Description:
Engraving and drypoint
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state I, by burnishing: some distress marks in plate removed; some drypoint lines removed.
Changes from state I, in engraving: lines reinforced throughout; tongues added; line added across lower composition.
Changes from state I, in drypoint: eyes darkened.
Other Remarks:
Felix Harlan, of Harlan & Weaver, New York, remembers that the artist sometimes used the same plate for multiple compositions. This composition was developed on a previously used plate, with some elements of prior images still visible around the new composition. The test printing of distress marks, seen below in Related Works in Other Mediums, was made to determine if the plate was suitable for reuse before Bourgeois used it for this composition. The red ink and pencil composition was drawn on the resulting test printing, and depicts a choker necklace of the artist's design.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1431.2012
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

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1999-2000

States
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Untitled

Related Works in the Catalogue

Untitled (Spider and Snake)

Related Works in Other Mediums

Untitled
Eye to Eye