Cat. No. 761/II, variant 2
Embracing the Tree II
- State/Variant:
- State II of IV, variant
- Date:
- 2001
- Themes:
- Figures, Nature
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with selective wiping, and blue ink and pencil additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 9 15/16 x 7 1/2" (25.3 x 19 cm); sheet: 17 1/4 x 11 1/8" (43.8 x 28.3 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, blue ink.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 3 known variant impressions of state II
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state I, in drypoint: upper half of tree, horizon line, and figure’s necklace added; figure’s hair and shoes further delineated.
- Background:
- According to Bourgeois’s assistant, Jerry Gorovoy, the subject of this composition came from a ritual instigated by the artist’s friend, Paulo Herkenhoff, a Brazilian curator and critic, in the late 1990s. In celebration of Easter, Herkenhoff, Gorovoy, and Bourgeois went into her backyard on Good Friday and each kissed the ground. After a few years, it was difficult for the artist to get down to the ground so they modified the ritual and began to embrace a tree instead.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1467.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Embracing the Tree II
2001-2003
States
State I of IV
2001
2001
State II of IV, variant
2001
2001
State II of IV, variant
2001
2001
State II of IV, variant
2003
2003
State III of IV
2003
2003
State IV of IV
2003
2003
State IV of IV, variant
2003
2003
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
