Cat. No. 511/I
Untitled
- State/Variant:
- State I of III
- Date:
- 2001
- Descriptive Title:
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Singing in Unison; The Family
- Themes:
- Faces & Portraits, Motherhood & Family, Nature
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red ink, white correction fluid, and pencil additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 10 15/16 x 8 7/16" (27.8 x 21.5 cm); sheet: 15 9/16 x 12 5/8" (39.5 x 32 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, red ink.
- Inscription:
- Verso: "father Robert. / Alain, Jean Louis, Michel." lower center, pencil, artist's hand; "Sign en choeur. with (crossed out) using a tuning / fork / diapason tuning fork." bottom center to lower right , red ink, artist's hand; sketch of tuning fork, lower center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state I
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Additions in red ink: four faces delineated, anticipating state II.
Additions in white correction fluid: flower covering lower right boy’s face masked, anticipating state III. - Background:
- According to printer Felix Harlan of Harlan & Weaver, the floral motif in this composition was inspired by a very old piece of upholstery fabric that belonged to the artist.
The inscription on the verso of this impression refers to Bourgeois's husband, Robert Goldwater, and her three sons, Michel, Jean-Louis, and Alain. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1094.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
2001
Studies
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States
State I of III
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State II of III
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State III of III, variant
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State III of III, variant
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2001
State III of III, variant
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2001
State III of III, variant
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2001
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