
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 231/I
Mother and Child
- State/Variant:
- State I of II
- Date:
- 2007
- Themes:
- Abstraction, Fabric Works, Figures, Motherhood & Family
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red watercolor, black ink, and pencil additions
- Support:
- Fabric
- Dimensions:
- plate: 13 3/4 x 10 7/8" (34.9 x 27.7 cm); sheet: 15 7/8 x 11 1/4" (40.3 x 28.6 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, stitched in black thread.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- The artist
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state I
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Additions in black ink: feet and ground line; most organic shapes reinforced, and additional organic shapes drawn; hair further delineated and filled in.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The plate dimensions of this impression could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions given are from another impression.
This impression has light staining, as is commonly found in the old fabrics Bourgeois chose to use as printing surfaces.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY