Cat. No. 420/VII
Follow the Child within You
- State/Variant:
- State VII of VII
- Date:
- 1999
- Themes:
- Figures, Motherhood & Family, Nature, Objects
- Techniques:
- Aquatint, Drypoint, Engraving
- Description:
- Drypoint, engraving, and aquatint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove Hahnemühle paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 16 3/4 x 13 13/16" (42.5 x 35.1 cm); sheet: 24 x 20" (61 x 50.8 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB 99" lower right margin, pencil.
- Inscription:
- Verso: "The boat of life ought to be steered by the child in us" lower middle sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- The artist
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 50; plus 12 A.P., 4 P.P., 1 B.A.T.
- Impression:
- "a.p. 1/12" lower left margin, pencil, unknown hand.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 3 plates.
Plate 1: boat outline and shading, waves, sky details, light sketch of figures in boat; usually printed in blue.
Plate 2: detailed figures in boat and rim of boat; printed in red.
Plate 3: shading in ocean; printed in blue.
State Changes:
Plate 2 printed in red, over plate 1 printed in blue, and plate 3 printed in a different blue.
Change from state VI, in aquatint: tonal shading added to ocean and sky.
Change from state VI, in engraving: contours of figures darkened.
Change from state VI, by burnishing: figures’ skin lightened. - Benefit Work:
- For Harlem Family Institute, New York
- Background:
- The Harlem Family Institute is a multicultural psychoanalytic training institute in New York, founded in 1991. As of 2014, it provides two community services: free or affordable therapy to children and parents in underserved areas of New York, and training for aspiring psychoanalysts from diverse backgrounds. (A promotional brochure for the benefit edition gave an incorrect title, "Follow the Child in You" rather than "Follow the Child within You.")
- Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "when you do not know what to do follow the child within you"
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 20.2002
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Follow the Child within You
1998-1999
Source
1998
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Follow the Child within You
Red ink, pencil, and white correction fluid on paper
1998
Red ink, pencil, and white correction fluid on paper
1998
Studies
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
1998
States
State I of VII, variant
1998
1998
State I of VII, variant
1998
1998
State II of VII
1998
1998
State III of VII, variant
1998
1998
State III of VII, variant
1998
1998
State IV of VII
1998
1998
State V of VII
1998
1998
State VI of VII
1999
1999
Published
State VII of VII
1999
1999
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
