NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 249
The Good Mother
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2008
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Fabric Works, Figures, Motherhood & Family
- Techniques:
- Digital
- Description:
- Digital print, with aluminum collage
- Support:
- Fabric
- Dimensions:
- overall: 31 x 24 x 3/8" (78.7 x 61 x 1 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, stitched in red thread. "Louise Bourgeois" verso.
- Publisher:
- Carolina Nitsch Editions, New York
- Printer:
- Dyenamix, New York
- Edition:
- 9; plus 3 A.P.
- Impression:
- "3/9" verso, unknown hand.
- Edition Information:
- The shapes of the aluminum collage elements vary across the edition. Several examples are reproduced below in the Evolving Composition Diagram.
There is 1 known variant impression of the only state, outside the edition. - Curatorial Remarks:
- The medium and location of the impression number and signature on the verso are not documented because this work is not in MoMA's collection and could not be examined in person.
- Other Remarks:
- According to Bourgeois's assistant, Jerry Gorovoy, the aluminum collage elements were fragments left over after pouring aluminum into molds for sculptures by the artist. Gorovoy gathered up the fragments and Bourgeois decided to use them in this edition. The sculptural pouring process took place at the Modern Art Foundry in Long Island City, NY.
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Good Mother
2008
Source
2008
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
The Good Mother
Gouache on paper
2008
Gouache on paper
2008
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Only state, variant
2008
2008
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Only state
2008
2008
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Only state
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2008
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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2008
2008
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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2008
2008
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