Cat. No. 407/IV
Dagger Child
- State/Variant:
- State IV of IV
- Date:
- 2001
- Alternate Title:
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The Dagger Child et Sa Mère
- Themes:
- Motherhood & Family, Objects
- Techniques:
- Drypoint, Engraving
- Description:
- Drypoint and engraving, with red ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 3/4 x 9 7/8" (29.9 x 25.1 cm); sheet: 15 7/8 x 14" (40.3 x 35.5 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, red ink. Verso: "Louise Bourgeois / June 2001" lower right sheet, red ink and pencil.
- Inscription:
- Verso: "AP= artist Proof" lower center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state IV
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- The "AP" inscription, in the artist's hand, on the verso does not indicate a conventional A.P. impression, as "Dagger Child" was not issued as a published edition at any state.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state III, by burnishing: straight edge of large knife blade removed.
Changes from state III, in engraving: straight edge of large knife blade redrawn; curvilinear edge of blade and handle of large knife refined. - Background:
- The two source drawings for "Dagger Child" are tracings of a knife that Bourgeois had in her home, according to her assistant Jerry Gorovoy. She also used tracings of common household objects in 2006 to develop the print series, “Lullaby.”
- Artist’s Remarks:
- "The Dagger Child is the child who is in the position to hurt you. He has the power to hurt the mother. The knife is like a little toy." (Quote cited in Meyer-Thoss, Christiane. "Louise Bourgeois: Designing for Free Fall." Zurich: Ammann Verlag, 1992, p. 180)
Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "The dagger child et sa mere." - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1464.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Dagger Child
2001
Source
2001
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Untitled
Ink on paper
2001
Ink on paper
2001
Source
2001
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
The Dagger Child et Sa Mère
Ink and white correctional fluid on paper
2001
Ink and white correctional fluid on paper
2001
States
State I of IV
2001
2001
State II of IV, variant
2001
2001
State II of IV, variant
2001
2001
State III of IV
2001
2001
State IV of IV
2001
2001
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
