Hands Study (#1)

Cat. No. 1066/II

Hands Study (#1)

State/Variant:
State II of II
Date:
2004
Themes
Body Parts, Figures, Spirals
Techniques
Etching
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 11 × 16 1/2" (27.9 × 41.9 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
2 known impressions of state II
Edition Information:
The hand additions on state II of this composition vary from impression to impression, as do the number of panels. For comparison, see the other example in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
Impression:
Not numbered
Curatorial Remarks:
The color of hand additions, plate size, and paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person.
Description:
Etching, with watercolor, gouache, ink, colored pencil, and pencil additions
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state I, in etching: spiral added.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Untitled; Hands Study

2004

States
Untitled
Hands Study (#1)
Hands Study (#2)

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Untitled (no. 28) in 10 AM Is When You Come to Me (set 8), from the series of installation sets (1-10)
Untitled
My Hand
Untitled (no. 24) in 10 AM Is When You Come to Me (set 8), from the series of installation sets (1-10)

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