Cat. No. 1062/III
The Son Is Father to the Man
- State/Variant:
- State III of III
- Date:
- 2000
- Themes:
- Faces & Portraits, Motherhood & Family
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove Hiromi Yugen paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 7 x 5 13/16" (17.8 x 14.7 cm); sheet: 15 1/16 x 11 15/16" (38.3 x 30.4 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 2000" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 25; plus 7 A.P., 5 P.P., 1 T.P., 1 H.C., 1 B.A.T.
- Impression:
- "a.p. 6/7" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
- Edition Information:
- There are 3 known impressions of state III, outside the edition.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state II, in drypoint: large eye shaded in.
- Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "Does the father carry his son within himself? Does the son carry forever his father within himself?"
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The title of this composition is inspired by the poem "My Heart Leaps Up" by William Wordsworth.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 33.2002
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (state III)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY