Cat. No. 1000
I Said Yes With My Eyes
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2004
- Themes
- Body Parts, Words
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- Handmade Dieu Donné paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 27 × 21" (68.6 × 53.3 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- Osiris
- Printer
- Wingate Studio
- Edition:
- 12
- Edition Information:
- The color of the ink and the hand additions on this composition vary across the edition. For comparison, see other impressions in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
In this edition, Bourgeois and the publisher designated each impression as a "study." However, throughout the catalogue, the term "study" describes photocopies and tracings that were used in the process of developing a composition. - Impression:
- Verso: "Study 6/12"
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The plate dimensions, hand additions, verso inscription, and paper type could not be fully documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
"Eyes" (2005) in Related Works in Other Mediums is a stencil drawing that looks very similar to some prints in the Words theme. There are four "Eyes" stencil drawings with varying hand additions, not to be confused for a print. - Description:
- Soft ground etching, with watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil additions
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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I Said Yes With My Eyes
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<i>I Said Yes With My Eyes</i>
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<i>I Said Yes With My Eyes</i>
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<i>I Said Yes With My Eyes</i>
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<i>I Said Yes With My Eyes</i>
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<i>I Said Yes With My Eyes</i>
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<i>I Said Yes With My Eyes</i>
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<i>Yes</i>
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<i>I Said Yes With My Eyes</i>
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<i>I Said Yes With My Eyes</i>
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<i>I Said Yes With My Eyes</i>
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<i>I Said Yes With My Eyes</i>
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<i>I Said Yes With My Eyes</i>
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I See You!!!
Only state
2007
<i>I See You!!!</i>
2007
Yes
Only state
2004
Yes
2004
Small Eye #3
1997
<i>Small Eye #3</i>
1997
Untitled, no. 1 of 8, from the illustrated book, Homely Girl, A Life, volume II
Only state
1992
Untitled, no. 1 of 8, from the illustrated book, <i>Homely Girl, A Life</i>, volume II
1992
Eyes
Only state
2004
<i>Eyes</i>
2004
Eyes
State IV of IV
1996
<i>Eyes</i>
1996
Blue Is the Color of Your Eyes
Only state
2008
<i>Blue Is the Color of Your Eyes</i>
2008
I Held His Eyes Within My Gaze
Version 2 of 2, only state, variant
2002
<i>I Held His Eyes Within My Gaze</i>
2002
Related Works in Other Mediums
Nature Study (Velvet Eyes)
1984
Nature Study (Velvet Eyes)
1984
Medium: Marble and steel
Dimensions: overall: 26 x 33 x 27" (66 x 83.8 x 68.6 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Eye
1981
Eye
1981
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: overall: 8 1/4 x 15 1/4 x 10 3/4" (21 x 38.7 x 27.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Eyes
1982
Eyes
1982
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: overall: 73 3/4 x 54 x 45 3/4" (187.3 x 137.2 x 116.2 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
He Murders My Eyes
1999
He Murders My Eyes
1999
Medium: Lead, steel, thread, and paint wall relief
Dimensions: overall: 5 3/4 x 16 1/2 x 2 1/4" (14.6 x 41.9 x 5.7 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Eyes
2005
Eyes
2005
Medium: Watercolor, gouache, ink, and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 27 5/8 × 36 3/4" (70.2 × 93.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY