Cat. No. 654/III
The Bad Mother
- State/Variant:
- State III of III
- Date:
- 2004
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Faces & Portraits, Figures, Motherhood & Family
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with selective wiping, and red watercolor additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove Hahnemühle paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 12 × 10" (30.5 × 25.4 cm); sheet: 17 × 15" (43.2 × 38.1 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 2004" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 12; plus 5 A.P., 3 P.P., 2 H.C., 1 B.A.T.
- Impression:
- "hc. 1/2" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
- Edition Information:
- There is 1 known variant impression of state III, outside the edition.
According to Publisher Harlan & Weaver, the hand additions in the edition are in pink and red. - State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state II, in drypoint: droplets of milk added; shoulder reinforced.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 322.2009
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY