Untitled, plate 3 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series, component A
Louise Bourgeois
American, born France. 1911–2010
1993
A tiny, hand-etched drypoint portrait of a girl—part of Bourgeois’s Autobiographical Series—trying to render a remembered self with spare, intimate lines.
A small inked rectangle floats in a vast white field, presenting a childlike face with a bow and long hair drawn in a few nervous, tender strokes that feel both simple and emotionally charged.
Executed late in her career, this print shows how Bourgeois used the quiet restraint of printmaking to transform private memory and emotional experience into a universal, haunting image.
Medium
Drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 3 7/8 x 2 7/16" (9.8 x 6.2 cm); sheet: 14 3/8 x 12 1/2" (36.5 x 31.8 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the artist
Accession
621.2008
Palette
Exhibitions
