Cat. No. 758, study 2
Study for The Ainu Tree
- State/Variant:
- Study
- Date:
- 1999
- Description:
- Pencil and black ink
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 11 1/8 x 17 11/16" (28.3 x 45 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Edition:
- 2 known studies
- Background:
- Version 2 of this composition was published as a benefit for the organization, "Ainu Minzoku-to Chikyu Shimin-no Kai," Sapporo, Japan. Bourgeois's son, Jean-Louis Bourgeois, visited Japan to accept an award for the artist. While there, he learned of the plight and poverty of the Ainu, an indigenous Japanese tribe. He asked his mother to execute a benefit print for the organization.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 509.2010
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Ainu Tree
1999
Source
1944
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Untitled
Oil on foil paper
1944
Oil on foil paper
1944
Studies
Study
1999
1999
Study
1999
1999
First Version
Version 1 of 2, state I of IV, variant
1999
1999
Version 1 of 2, state I of IV, variant
1999
1999
Version 1 of 2, state II of IV, variant
1999
1999
Version 1 of 2, state II of IV, variant
1999
1999
Version 1 of 2, state III of IV
1999
1999
Version 1 of 2, state IV of IV
1999
1999
Second Version
Published
Version 2 of 2, only state
1999
1999
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
