Cat. No. 58/VII, variant
Do Not Abandon Me
- State/Variant:
- State VII of VII, variant
- Date:
- 1999
- Themes:
- Figures, Motherhood & Family, Objects
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with selective wiping
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 15/16 x 9 15/16" (30.3 x 25.2 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 13" (38 x 33 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known variant impression of state VII, outside the editions on paper and fabric
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state VI in drypoint: woman and child's facial features further delineated; child's legs reshaped.
- 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:
- 815.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY