Louise Bourgeois. Do Not Abandon Me (2000)

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Louise Bourgeois. Do Not Abandon Me. 2000

NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION

Cat. No. 58/VII (fabric)

Do Not Abandon Me

State/Variant:: State VII of VII
Date:: 2000

Themes:: Fabric Works, Figures, Motherhood & Family, Objects
Techniques:: Drypoint
Description:: Drypoint, with selective wiping
Support:: Fabric
Dimensions:: plate: 11 15/16 x 9 15/16" (30.3 x 25.3 cm); sheet: 14 3/4 x 12 3/4" (37.5 x 32.4 cm)
Signature:: "LB" right lower margin, stitched in red thread.
Publisher:: Harlan & Weaver, New York
Printer:: Harlan & Weaver, New York
Edition:: 10 on fabric; plus an edition of 25 on paper with 7 A.P., 5 P.P., 3 H.C., 1 B.A.T., and 1 T.P.
Impression:: Not numbered
Edition Information:: There is 1 known variant impression of state VII, outside the two editions.

In the edition of 10 on fabric, 9 are printed in black and 1 is printed in red. There are also minor variations in fabric texture and condition, as well as in margin size.
State Changes and Additions:: Changes from state VI in drypoint: woman and child's facial features further delineated; child's legs reshaped.
Background:: The imagery of this print relates to Bourgeois’s monumental sculptural installation for the inaugural exhibition in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in 2000. The installation consisted of “Maman,” a 30’ steel sculpture of a spider, and “I Do, I Undo, I Redo,” three steel towers ranging in height from 42' to 57'. Each tower contained a different sculpture of a mother and child inside a bell jar. The “Do Not Abandon Me” drypoint relates to the sculpture contained in the tower titled, “I Redo,” seen below in Related Works in Other Mediums.
Curatorial Remarks:: The plate dimensions of this impression could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's collection and could not be examined in person. The dimensions given are from another impression.