Cat. No. 230.1/II
Mother and Child
- State/Variant:
- Version 1 of 2, state II of II
- Date:
- 1999
- Themes:
- Architecture, Figures, Motherhood & Family
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with blue, red, and pink watercolor, and red ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove Somerset paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 7/8 x 9 15/16" (30.2 x 25.2 cm); sheet: 15 1/2 x 11" (39 x 28 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, red ink.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of version 1, state II
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of version 2, state III.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from version 1, state I by burnishing: some distress markings removed.
Chine collé eliminated. - Curatorial Remarks:
- Publisher Harlan & Weaver groups the editioned state of this composition on paper with ten other drypoints of 1999, under the title, “11 Drypoints.” Each of the 11 compositions can be displayed individually. The full set is as follows:
“The Accident”
“The Angry Cat”
“Don’t Put Your Foot in Your Mouth”
“Fear”
“Feet (Socks)”
“Fences Are Obsolete”
“Madeleine”
“Mosquito”
“Mother and Child”
“Please Hang in There”
“The Smell of the Feet” - Bibliography:
- Malbert, Roger, and Juliet Mitchell. "Louise Bourgeois: Autobiographical Prints." London: Hayward, 2016. (Catalogue accompanying the touring exhibition "Louise Bourgeois Prints: Autobiographical Series and 11 Drypoints".)
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 920.2008
- This Work in Other Collections:
- The Detroit Institute of Arts, MI
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