Seated Woman

Cat. No. 1018

Seated Woman

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2004
Themes
Figures
Techniques
Etching
Support:
Paper (3 sheets on single mount)
Dimensions:
plate (a, b, c) (each): 8 1/4 × 9 13/16" (21 × 25 cm); sheet (overall): 12 3/4 × 37" (32.4 × 94 cm)
Signature:
panel (c): "Louise Bourgeois" right lower margin, pencil.
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
6
Edition Information:
The number of panels and the hand additions on each impression vary throughout the edition of "Seated Woman." For comparison, see 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.)

There is 1 known cancellation proof with a large "X" drawn across the composition from each corner of the plate.
Impression:
Verso: "Study 3/6" pencil, artist's hand.
Curatorial Remarks:
The 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 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, red pencil, and white gouache additions
panel (b): Soft ground etching, with red pencil, white gouache, and pencil additions
panel (c): Soft ground etching, with pencil, white gouache, and red pencil additions
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Seated Woman

2004

States
Seated Woman
Seated Woman
Seated Woman
Seated Woman
Seated Woman
Seated Woman

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Seated, plate 18 of 24, from the series, Self Portrait
Untitled, no. 2 of 6, from the portfolio, The Woven Child
The Cross-Eyed Woman IV

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