Cat. No. 1062/I
The Son Is Father to the Man
- State/Variant:
- State I of III
- Date:
- 2000
- Themes:
- Faces & Portraits, Motherhood & Family
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with pencil additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 7 x 5 3/4" (17.8 x 14.6 cm); sheet: 15 7/16 × 11 1/8" (39.2 × 28.3 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Inscription:
- "MAY 1st 2000" lower left margin, pencil, unknown hand. Verso: "l'enfant est le père de l'homme" lower middle sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state I
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state III.
- 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:
- 996.2008
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (state III)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY