Cat. No. 410/II
The Accident
- State/Variant:
- State II of II
- Date:
- 1999
- Descriptive Title:
-
Woman with Crutch
- Themes:
- Figures, Objects
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with selective wiping
- Support:
- Smooth, wove Hahnemühle paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 7 15/16 x 5 1/4" (20.2 x 13.4 cm); sheet: 17 1/16 x 15 1/16" (43.4 x 38.2 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 1999" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 25; plus 7 A.P., 5 P.P., 1 B.A.T., 1 H.C., 1 T.P.
- Impression:
- "AP 6/7" lower left margin, pencil, unknown hand.
- Edition Information:
- There are 3 known variant impressions of state II, outside the edition.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state I, in drypoint: hair added, torso and shoes reinforced.
- Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: “La mère abandonée: exemple Pins him to the ground. / Perfe raison. / Boiteuse Bannister Daguerr. Brace. Breughel. and stick. / go one step back, one step back, another step back. / les mères abondonnées sur la glacier, Rings a Bell. / Bladder / Balustrade Cannes et Béquilles / Banister, walking stick and Brace / Bataille / de la / balustrade / trou du qu / trou d’éfé / Je vais te tuer avec mes béquilles dis le fils à sa mère / tu m'a tenu en béquille gare a toi / Henriette et sa canne / à la soup du salut en face, tout le monde a des / béquilles pour montrer l'escalier de pièrre (Breughel) / Brace and Brassière / fight to the finish”
- Curatorial Remarks:
- Publisher Harlan & Weaver groups the editioned state of this composition with ten other drypoints of 1999, under the title, “11 Drypoints.” Each of the 11 compositions can be displayed individually. The full set is as follows:
“The Accident”
“The Angry Cat”
“Don’t Put Your Foot in Your Mouth”
“Fear”
“Feet (Socks)”
“Fences Are Obsolete”
“Madeleine”
“Mosquito”
“Mother and Child”
“Please Hang in There”
“The Smell of the Feet” - Bibliography:
- Malbert, Roger, and Juliet Mitchell. "Louise Bourgeois: Autobiographical Prints." London: Hayward, 2016. (Catalogue accompanying the touring exhibition "Louise Bourgeois Prints: Autobiographical Series and 11 Drypoints".)
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 14.2002
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY