Cat. No. 511/III, variant 1
Untitled
- State/Variant:
- State III of III, variant
- Date:
- 2001
- Descriptive Title:
-
Singing in Unison; The Family
- Themes:
- Faces & Portraits, Motherhood & Family, Music, Nature
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with chine collé, and red ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper, with music paper chine collé
- Dimensions:
- plate: 10 15/16 x 8 7/16" (27.8 x 21.5 cm); sheet: 20 1/16 x 16 9/16" (51 x 42 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, red ink.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 4 known variant impressions of state III
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state II, by burnishing: flower covering lower right boy’s face removed.
- 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 state I refers to Bourgeois's husband, Robert Goldwater, and her three sons, Michel, Jean-Louis, and Alain. - Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscription on the verso of state I: "father Robert. / Alain, Jean Louis, Michel." lower center sheet, 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.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1096.2008
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