
Cat. No. 555/VI
Tête à l'envers
- State/Variant:
- State VI of VI
- Date:
- 2009
- Alternate Title:
- Face with Spiral Eyes
- Themes
- Faces & Portaits, Spirals
- Techniques
- Aquatint, Drypoint, Engraving
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 8 7/16 x 10 7/8" (21.5 x 27.6 cm); sheet: 13 1/4 x 15 1/4" (33.7 x 38.7 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state VI
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Descriptive Title:
- English translation: "Upside Down Head"
- Description:
- Drypoint, engraving, and aquatint, with red colored pencil additions
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state V, by burnishing: linear elements of female nose removed.
Changes from state V, by scraping: portions of shading removed from eyelids and lips.
Changes from state V, in engraving: iris and lower eyelid reinforced.
Changes from state V, in drypoint: male lips further delineated.
Additions in red colored pencil: top of head drawn over uninked portion of composition; lower eyelids and irises reinforced. - Other Remarks:
- According to a printer's incription on the verso of this impression, the white portion in the upper center of the composition was caused by "ink removal [...] with solvent prior to printing."
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1575.2012
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

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State VI of VI
2009
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Tête à l'envers
2001-2009
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2001

Not in MoMA's Collection

Untitled
2001
Not in MoMA's Collection

Untitled
2001
Medium: Ink, pencil, correction fluid, and cutouts on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/2 x 11" (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
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1986
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1986
Medium: Marble, with steel base
Dimensions: overall: 30 x 33 1/2 x 32" (76.2 x 85.1 x 81.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY


Untitled
1989

Untitled
1989
Medium: Ink, charcoal, and crayon on burned paper
Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/2 x 11" (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY