Cat. No. 409/I
Llama
- State/Variant:
- State I of III
- Date:
- 1999
- Themes:
- Animals & Insects
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with black ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 8 15/16 x 11 7/8" (22.7 x 30.2 cm); sheet: 10 15/16 x 14" (27.8 x 35.5 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state I
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Additions in black ink: nose, mouth, shoulder, and testicals further delineated, anticipating state II; hooves filled in, anticipating state II.
- Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "For Paulo / Dalai-Lama (partially erased) / useful excrements / fertilize / DALEY LAMA (partially erased) / trema (partially erased) / herbivore / Ruminant"
- Curatorial Remarks:
- Inscription on the verso of the source drawing refers to Paulo Herkenhoff, a Brazilian curator and critic who had a longstanding friendship and professional relationship with Bourgeois.
A partially erased inscription on the verso of the source drawing includes the words, “Dalai Lama,” which may refer to another composition Bourgeois was developing around the same time. That composition, titled "Who, What, When, Where, Why?" was originally intended as a benefit project for the Dalai Lama but did not come to fruition. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 859.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Llama
1999
Source
1999
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Llama
Ink, crayon, and pencil on paper
1999
Ink, crayon, and pencil on paper
1999
States
State I of III
1999
1999
State II of III
1999
1999
State III of III, variant
1999
1999
State III of III, variant
1999
1999
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
