LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Alternate Title:

Père et Enfant: Tender

Descriptive Title:

Man Standing Behind Tub

Themes:

Figures, Motherhood & Family, Objects

Techniques:

Engraving, Screenprint

Description:

Engraving and screenprint

Support:

Smooth, laid paper

Dimensions:

plate: 8 1/2 x 10 7/8" (21.6 x 27.7 cm); sheet: 12 9/16 x 15 1/16" (31.9 x 38.2 cm)

Signature:

Not signed

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

Harlan & Weaver, New York

Edition:

2 known variant impressions of version 1, state II

Impression:

Not numbered

Edition Information:

Not issued as a published edition at any state.

Matrices:
The progression of version 1 of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 2 matrices in 2 different techniques.

Matrix 1, in engraving: tub, figure on left.

Matrix 2, in screenprint: interior of tub, 2 figures in tub, figure on right.

State Changes and Additions:

Changes from version 1, state I, in screenprint: matrix 2 added.

Background:

This composition was considered for inclusion in the 1994 portfolio, "Autobiographical Series" but was ultimately excluded from publication.

Curatorial Remarks:

Felix Harlan, of the print workshop Harlan & Weaver, New York, remembers sometimes using the screenprinting technique to aid in the process of transferring a drawn composition onto a copper plate and developing the composition.

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of the artist

MoMA Accession Number:

644.2008

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY