The artwork, titled “Amputee,” was created by the artist Louise Bourgeois in 1998 in the United States. It belongs to the Confessional Art movement and falls under the genre of sketch and study.
The artwork features a simplistic yet striking line drawing of a human figure wearing a long-sleeved garment. The figure is outlined in black ink with sections demarcated by buttons. However, the defining feature of this piece is the deliberate absence of certain body parts, highlighted by bold, red-pink areas where the figure’s left forearm, right elbow, and upper right leg should be. The overall composition evokes a sense of incompleteness and vulnerability, in line with the themes central to Confessional Art.
