Louise Bourgeois. The Accident (1999)

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Cat. No. 410/II, variant 1

The Accident

State/Variant:: State II of II, variant
Date:: 1999

Descriptive Title:: Woman with Crutch
Themes:: Figures, Objects
Techniques:: Drypoint
Description:: Drypoint, with black ink and puncture hole additions
Support:: Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:: plate: 7 15/16 x 5 1/4" (20.3 x 13.4 cm); sheet: 13 3/8 x 10" (34 x 25.5 cm)
Signature:: "LB" right lower margin, black ink.
Publisher:: unpublished
Printer:: Harlan & Weaver, New York
Edition:: 3 known variant impressions of state II, outside the edition
Impression:: Not numbered
Edition Information:: The third known variant impression of this state is in MoMA’s Collection (Accession Number: 934.2008). It is not illustrated due to its similarity to the other variant impression of state II in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
State Changes and Additions:: Changes from state I, in drypoint: hair added, torso and shoes reinforced.
Additions by puncture: hole added at figure's genitals.
Artist’s Remarks:: Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: “La mère abandonée: exemple Pins him to the ground. / Perfe raison. / Boiteuse Bannister Daguerr. Brace. Breughel. and stick. / go one step back, one step back, another step back. / les mères abondonnées sur la glacier, Rings a Bell. / Bladder / Balustrade Cannes et Béquilles / Banister, walking stick and Brace / Bataille / de la / balustrade / trou du qu / trou d’éfé / Je vais te tuer avec mes béquilles dis le fils à sa mère / tu m'a tenu en béquille gare a toi / Henriette et sa canne / à la soup du salut en face, tout le monde a des / béquilles pour montrer l'escalier de pièrre (Breughel) / Brace and Brassière / fight to the finish”
Curatorial Remarks:: Publisher Harlan & Weaver groups the editioned state of this composition with ten other drypoints of 1999, under the title, “11 Drypoints.” Each of the 11 compositions can be displayed individually. The full set is as follows:
“The Accident”
“The Angry Cat”
“Don’t Put Your Foot in Your Mouth”
“Fear”
“Feet (Socks)”
“Fences Are Obsolete”
“Madeleine”
“Mosquito”
“Mother and Child”
“Please Hang in There”
“The Smell of the Feet”
Bibliography:: Malbert, Roger, and Juliet Mitchell. "Louise Bourgeois: Autobiographical Prints." London: Hayward, 2016. (Catalogue accompanying the touring exhibition "Louise Bourgeois Prints: Autobiographical Series and 11 Drypoints".)
MoMA Credit Line:: Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:: 933.2008