Cat. No. 668, variant 1
Le Père, la Mère, et les 3 Enfants
- State/Variant:
- Only state, variant
- Date:
- c. 1999
- Themes:
- Abstraction, Motherhood & Family, Spirals
- Techniques:
- Lithography, Relief
- Description:
- Letterpress and lithography
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- composition: 11 5/8 × 14 3/4" (29.5 × 37.5 cm); sheet: 12 3/16 x 17 1/8" (31 x 43.5 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- SOLO Impression, New York
- Edition:
- 3 known variant impressions of the only state
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "Le Perè, La merè et les 3 enfants April 11/98 Serres les uns coutre les autres sont inattacable, resistent aux fleche"
- Curatorial Remarks:
- According to Bourgeois's assistant, Jerry Gorovoy, this composition was likely considered for the 1999 series, "What is the Shape of this Problem?" seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue, but it was finally not included.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1423.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY