Self Portrait
"The five legged creature represents my family. I grew up in a family of five in France and also raised a family of five of my own in New York. My five legged animal is personal; it is a self portrait of my obligations. The idea of the family that stands together is very important to me." (The Easton Foundation: LBQ-0001, 2007)
There are variations in the fabrics used in this edition, as is commonly found in the old fabrics Bourgeois chose to use as printing surfaces.
Cat. No. 324.2/VIII (fabric)
This work appears at https://www.moma.org/s/lb/coll... on the MoMA website with an erroneously smaller size.
Self Portrait
- Artist
- Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)
- Title
- Self Portrait
- Medium
- Drypoint and engraving on fabric
- Date
- 2007
- Cloth Size
- 12 ¾ x 12 ¾ in : 32.2 x 32.2 cm
- Framed size
- 16 ¼ x 16 ¼ in : 41.1 x 41.1 cm
- Inscriptions
- Signed with the initials lower right, stitched in red thread, and numbered on the reverse
- Edition
- From the numbered edition of 8 (there were also 5 in roman numerals)
- State
- Version 2 of 3, state VIII of VIII (Version 3 not published)
- Publisher
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Provenance
- Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
- Literature
- Published in "Louise Bourgeois, The Complete Prints and Books", the online resource of the Museum of Modern Art Cat. No. 324.2/VIII (fabric)
- Reference
- A20-30
- Status
- No longer available
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- Status
- No Longer Available
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