Hands
Louise Bourgeois's 'Hands' is a signed and numbered print (29/65) published by Harlan and Weaver in New York. The work is presented in a frame and represents part of Bourgeois's exploration of human form and emotional expression through printmaking.
- Medium
- Signed, dated, annotated 'FH' (Felix Harlan) and numbered 29/65 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published by Harlan and Weaver, New York, framed.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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Editions & Works on Paper
July 24, 2020
Spotted works by Louise Bourgeois
Artists in conversation
Käthe Kollwitz
German · b. 1867
Kollwitz created deeply expressive black and white prints and drawings that focus on hands and the human figure as vehicles for raw emotional intensity. Her printmaking shares the same intimate gestural quality and figurative abstraction found in Bourgeois's work.
Cy Twombly
American · b. 1928
Twombly's prints and works on paper share a gestural, expressive mark making quality that blurs the boundary between abstract and figurative representation. Like Bourgeois, his works carry a charged emotional intimacy through the physical trace of the human hand.
Philip Guston
American · b. 1913
Guston's recurring use of disembodied hands and figures in his prints and paintings reflects the same expressive figurative abstraction present in this Bourgeois print. His black and white works share a raw psychological intimacy and gestural directness with this piece.
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