
Woman
Louise Bourgeois's *Woman* is a haunting and visceral work that combines the precision of aquatint printmaking with the raw, gestural quality of hand-applied red watercolor, creating a tension between the controlled and the expressive. The female form is rendered with Bourgeois's characteristic psychological intensity, evoking themes of the body, vulnerability, and feminine identity that defined her practice. The use of luxurious Twinrocker handmade paper grounds the work in a sense of craft and materiality, while the addition of vivid red pigment feels deeply personal, almost wound-like in its intimacy.
- Medium
- Aquatint with red watercolor additions, on Twinrocker handmade paper, with full margins.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
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October 17, 2017
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