Cat. No. 442/II, variant 1
Untitled, plate 13 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series
- State/Variant:
- State II of III, variant
- Date:
- 1993
- Alternate Title:
-
Robert
- Descriptive Title:
-
Sleeping Man
- Themes:
- Architecture, Figures, Objects
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with pencil additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 8 3/8 x 6 1/4" (21.3 x 15.9 cm); sheet: 26 x 18 1/16" (66 x 45.8 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 2 known impressions of state II
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state III.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state I, in drypoint: button added to coat; left cuff further delineated; left armrest further delineated; opening of coat articulated on right.
Additions in pencil: opening of coat further delineated on chest, horizontal line added to base of left armrest, both anticipating state III. - 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.
Bourgeois was married to American art historian, Robert Goldwater. - Curatorial Remarks:
- Of the 14 plates in "Autobiographical Series," Bourgeois titled plates 6 and 12. The untitled plates have been assigned descriptive titles for cataloguing purposes.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 592.1996
- 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