LOUISE BOURGEOIS (1911-2010)
The Guilty Girl Is Fragile, from twoandthreezeros: Exit Art Portfolio 2000
lithograph in colors with clear varnish and hand-coloring in white paint, on Fabriano paper, 2000, initialed in pencil, annotated 'TP' (one of four trial proofs, the edition was 50 plus eight artist's proofs), printed at SOLO Impression, New York, published by Exit Art, New York, with full margins, in generally good condition
Image: 23¹⁄₄ x 17¹⁄₈ in. (591 x 435 mm.)
Sheet: 29⁷⁄₈ x 22¹⁄₄ in. (759 x 565 mm.)

Wye 428.2

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"The triangular figure rests on a single point and can easily fall down. Her guilt has nothing to do with religion. There is guilt in not living up to one's highest potential. There is guilt from not being able to make yourself understood. There is guilt in not being a good mother. And there is guilt in not being able to make yourself loved" (Bourgeois interviewed by Simona Vendrame, 2001, quoted in Deborah Wye, Louise Bourgeois: The Complete Prints & Books, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2018).