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Blue Is the Color of Your Eyes
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Blue Is the Color of Your Eyes
Blue Is the Color of Your Eyes
Photo: Prallan Allsten/Moderna Museet

Blue Is the Color of Your Eyes

by Louise Bourgeois
Artist (USA, 1911 - 2010)
Alternate Title
  • Blå är färgen på dina ögon
Date2008
MediumDrypoint and ink handcoloring on paper
DimensionsPappersmått: 88,3 × 111,8 cm Ram: 98 × 121 × 4 cm
ClassificationGraphic art, Drawings
Credit LineDonation 2016 from The Easton Foundation by The American Friends of the Moderna Museet Inc.                                  
Countries
United States
On view
Stockholm
RoomGallery 01:16
Object NumberMOM/2015/97
CollectionsThe American Friends of the Moderna Museet inc. Collection
About the artworkWith blue paint, the sky is formed into two breasts and the earth into three, symbolising a kind of cyclical story of creation and renewal. Louise Bourgeois views the body as a landscape imbued with emotion and memory, where these forms serve as metaphors for intimacy and belonging. Her work explores central themes such as the body, identity and psychological vulnerability. Although influenced by Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism, she remained independent from established artistic movements. Her art reflects on memory, femininity and personal experience within a broader human context, with each form and line expressing both fragility and resilience.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad 'Louise Bourgeois' i blyerts i nedre höger hörn, Etikett på baksidan 'BOUR-14949' AP 1/2 ed of 9 Selected exhibition history Louise Bourgeois: I Have Been to Hell and Back (den 14 februari 2015 - den 17 maj 2015) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Blue is the Colour of your Eyes (den 2 februari 2019 - den 26 januari 2020) Moderna Museet Malmö The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Louise Bourgeois : I Have Been to Hell and Back : [Moderna Museet 14/2-17/5 2015]Louise Bourgeois : I Have Been to Hell and Back : [Moderna Museet 14/2-17/5 2015]