Cat. No. 1127
The Lost Girl
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2004
- Themes
- Faces & Portaits, Spirals
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- Arches paper (3 sheets), mounted on handmade Dieu Donné paper
- Dimensions:
- plate (a and c) (each): 9 15/16 × 7 1/2" (25.2 × 19 cm); plate (b): 9 15/16 × 8 7/16" (25.2 × 21.5 cm); sheet (overall): 15 1/2 × 28" (39.4 × 71.1 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- Osiris
- Printer
- Wingate Studio
- Edition:
- 3
- Edition Information:
- The hand additions vary from impression to impression. For comparison, see other impressions in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
In this edition, Bourgeois and the publisher designated each impression as a study. (Usually in this catalogue, the term study describes photocopies and tracings that were used in the process of developing a composition.)
The plate seen in panels (a) and (c) was also used in the illustrated book "Hang On" and in the edition "Around We Go." They can both be seen in Related Works in the Catalogue below. - Impression:
- Study 2/3
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The paper type and impression number could not be fully documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from the impression in MoMA's Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
- Description:
- panel (a): Soft ground etching, with pencil additions
panel (b): Etching, with black and white gouache additions
panel (c): Soft ground etching, with red pencil additions - State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices:
The plate seen in panels (a) and (c) is arranged in a different orientation for each panel.
Only state
2004
The Lost Girl
2004
Only state
2004
<i>The Lost Girl</i>
2004
Only state
2004
<i>The Lost Girl</i>
2004
Only state
2004
<i>The Lost Girl</i>
2004
Related Works in the Catalogue
She Lost It (1)
Only version
1992
<i>She Lost It </i>(1)
1992
Mother and Child
State VI of VII
2004
<i>Mother and Child</i>
2004
Untitled, plates 15 and 16 of 17, from the illustrated book, Hang On
Only state
2004
Untitled, plates 15 and 16 of 17, from the illustrated book,<i> Hang On</i>
2004
The Cross-Eyed Woman V
State II of II
2004
<i>The Cross-Eyed Woman V</i>
2004
The Cross-Eyed Woman VII
State II of II<br/>
2004
<i>The Cross-Eyed Woman VII</i>
2004
Tête à l'envers
State VI of VI
2009
<i>Tête à l'envers</i>
2009
Insomnia
Version 2 of 2, only state
2000
<i>Insomnia</i>
2000
Femme
Only state
2006
<i>Femme</i>
2006
Around We Go
Only state
2004
<i>Around We Go</i>
2004
Related Works in Other Mediums
Tomorrow Will Be Better
2003
Tomorrow Will Be Better
2003
Medium: Photocopy, with ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 11 × 8 1/2" (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
2002
Untitled
2002
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 9 1/4 × 8" (23.5 × 20.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled (verso)
2003
Untitled (verso)
2003
Medium: Crayon on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 11 3/8 × 9" (28.9 × 22.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Smile at the Stranger
2002
Smile at the Stranger
2002
Medium: Pencil and ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 6 3/4 × 7 1/2" (17.1 × 19.1 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY