Cat. No. 58/I
Do Not Abandon Me
- State/Variant:
- State I of VII
- Date:
- 1999
- Themes:
- Objects
- Techniques:
- Drypoint, Other
- Description:
- Drypoint and blue monotype, with red ink and pencil additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 7/8 x 9 13/16" (30.2 x 25 cm); sheet: 15 9/16 x 11 1/16" (39.6 x 28.1 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state I
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state VII.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Additions in red ink: dome reinforced, anticipating state II.
- Background:
- The imagery of this print relates to Bourgeois’s monumental sculptural installation for the inaugural exhibition in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in 2000. The installation consisted of “Maman,” a 30’ steel sculpture of a spider, and “I Do, I Undo, I Redo,” three steel towers ranging in height from 42' to 57'. Each tower contained a different sculpture of a mother and child inside a bell jar. The “Do Not Abandon Me” drypoint relates to the sculpture contained in the tower titled, “I Redo,” seen below in Related Works in Other Mediums.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 806.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Do Not Abandon Me
1999-2000
Source
1998
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Untitled (Chair)
Steel and glass
1998
Steel and glass
1998
States
State I of VII
1999
1999
State II of VII
1999
1999
State III of VII, variant
1999
1999
State III of VII, variant
1999
1999
State IV of VII, variant
1999
1999
State IV of VII, variant
1999
1999
State IV of VII, variant
1999
1999
State V of VII, variant
1999
1999
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State V of VII, variant
1999
1999
State VI of VII
1999
1999
State VII of VII, variant
1999
1999
Published
State VII of VII
2000
2000
Published
State VII of VII
2000
2000
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State VII of VII
2000
2000
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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