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
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