Untitled, plate 3 of 6, from the portfolio, Together
Louise Bourgeois
American, born France. 1911–2010
2005
An engraving in which Louise Bourgeois pares a face down to childlike lines and a warm yellow wash to probe intimacy, memory, and emotional presence.
Seen up close, the piece reads like a magnified, simple drawing—a rounded head with sparse upright lashes, tiny dot nostrils, and a small, knowing smile floating on a muted lemon ground that feels both tender and slightly uncanny.
Made late in her career, this print demonstrates how Bourgeois used the elemental economy of line and tone in printmaking to make intimate, psychologically charged portraits that expanded contemporary approaches to memory and the self.
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 10 1/16 x 9 1/16" (25.5 x 23 cm); sheet: 17 1/8 x 14 15/16" (43.5 x 38 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the artist
Accession
330.2009.3
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Exhibitions
