Cat. No. 435/III, variant
Empty Nest, plate 6 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series
- State/Variant:
- State III of III, variant
- Date:
- 1994
- Themes:
- Architecture, Figures, Motherhood & Family, Objects
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with pencil additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 9 x 11 15/16" (22.8 x 30.4 cm); sheet: 17 1/2 x 20 1/16" (44.4 x 50.9 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known variant impression of state III, outside the edition
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state II, in drypoint: rightmost stool leg lengthened.
Additions in pencil: mouth added. - Background:
- Bourgeois was often inspired by the subjects of early drawings when creating works at much later dates. This 1994 portfolio is an example of a project based primarily on drawings from the 1940s and referring to her life in New York at that time. The exceptions are as follows: plate 1, based on a drawing from 1986 that references childbirth; plates 4 and 9, based on drawings from the 1940s but depicting memories of her childhood years in France; plate 11, most probably based on a drawing from the 1940s of a European hotel desk.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- Of the 14 plates in "Autobiographical Series," Bourgeois titled this plate and plate 12. The untitled plates have been assigned descriptive titles for cataloguing purposes.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 607.1996
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Québec
Museu da Gravura Cidade de Curitiba, Brazil
Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Empty Nest, plate 6 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series
1993-1994
States
State I of III
1993
1993
State II of III
1993
1993
State III of III, variant
1994
1994
Published
State III of III
1994
1994
