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- unpublished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