Cat. No. 654/III
The Bad Mother
- State/Variant:
- State III of III
- Date:
- 2004
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Faces & Portraits, Figures, Motherhood & Family
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with selective wiping, and red watercolor additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove Hahnemühle paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 12 × 10" (30.5 × 25.4 cm); sheet: 17 × 15" (43.2 × 38.1 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 2004" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 12; plus 5 A.P., 3 P.P., 2 H.C., 1 B.A.T.
- Impression:
- "hc. 1/2" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
- Edition Information:
- There is 1 known variant impression of state III, outside the edition.
According to Publisher Harlan & Weaver, the hand additions in the edition are in pink and red. - State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state II, in drypoint: droplets of milk added; shoulder reinforced.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 322.2009
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Bad Mother
2004
Source
2004
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
The Bad Mother
Ink and pencil on paper
2004
Ink and pencil on paper
2004
States
State I of III
2004
2004
State II of III, variant
2004
2004
State II of III, variant
2004
2004
State III of III, variant
2004
2004
Published
State III of III
2004
2004
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
