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Eyes
Louise Bourgeois
Contemporary Art
Louise Bourgeois is celebrated for sculptures and drawings that powerfully abstract and critically engage the female form. Eyes sheds light on the importance of eyes as visual symbols. The third eye, as seen on Kali, has often been associated with supernatural powers in Indian mythology and continues to appear in contemporary imagery. The act of gazing into numerous eyes might also recall the practice of darshan, a dialectical and spiritual way of looking that considers the object as both image and living being, providing an experience of seeing that informs South Asian culture.
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MEDIUM
Drypoint on Somerset textured white paper with hand torn deckle edges
DATES
1996
DIMENSIONS
Image: 3 15/16 x 9 in. (10 x 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/16 x 14 in. (35.7 x 35.6 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
1998.106.1
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Prints and Photographs Council
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Louise Bourgeois (French–American, 1911–2010). Eyes, 1996. Drypoint on Somerset textured white paper with hand torn deckle edges, Image: 3 15/16 x 9 in. (10 x 22.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Prints and Photographs Council, 1998.106.1. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1998.106.1_SL1.jpg)
EDITION
Edition: 1/40
Run of 50 ( 40 in edition, 10 Artist's proofs) (plus 5 personal proofs))
IMAGE
overall, 1998.106.1_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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