Cat. No. 1062/III
The Son Is Father to the Man
- State/Variant:
- State III of III
- Date:
- 2000
- Themes:
- Faces & Portraits, Motherhood & Family
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 7 1/16 × 5 3/4" (17.9 × 14.6 cm); sheet: 16 11/16 × 14" (42.4 × 35.6 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 3 known impressions of state III, outside the edition
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state III.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state II, in drypoint: large eye shaded in.
- Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "Does the father carry his son within himself? Does the son carry forever his father within himself?"
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The title of this composition is inspired by the poem "My Heart Leaps Up" by William Wordsworth.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 999.2008
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (state III)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Son Is Father to the Man
2000
Source
2000
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
The Son Is Father to the Man
Ink and pencil on paper
2000
Ink and pencil on paper
2000
States
State I of III
2000
2000
State II of III
2000
2000
State III of III
2000
2000
State III of III, variant
2000
2000
Published
State III of III
2000
2000
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