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Cat. No. 655/I, variant 2

Please Hang in There

State/Variant:
State I of IV, variant
Date:
1999
Themes:
Abstraction, Figures
Techniques:
Drypoint
Description:
Drypoint, with pink and blue watercolor, and blue ink additions
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 9 15/16 × 11 7/8" (25.2 × 30.1 cm); sheet: 11 x 15 3/8" (27.9 x 39.1 cm)
Signature:
"LB" lower right margin, blue ink.
Inscription:
"AP" lower left margin, blue ink, artist's hand.
Publisher:
unpublished
Printer:
Harlan & Weaver, New York
Edition:
2 known variant impressions of state I
Impression:
Not numbered
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of state IV.

The "AP" inscription, in the artist's hand, does not indicate a conventional A.P. impression, which would be of the final state.
Curatorial Remarks:
Publisher Harlan & Weaver groups the editioned state of this composition with ten other drypoints of 1999, under the title, “11 Drypoints.” Each of the 11 compositions can be displayed individually. The full set is as follows:
“The Accident”
“The Angry Cat”
“Don’t Put Your Foot in Your Mouth”
“Fear”
“Feet (Socks)”
“Fences Are Obsolete”
“Madeleine”
“Mosquito”
“Mother and Child”
“Please Hang in There”
“The Smell of the Feet”
Bibliography:
Malbert, Roger, and Juliet Mitchell. "Louise Bourgeois: Autobiographical Prints." London: Hayward, 2016. (Catalogue accompanying the touring exhibition "Louise Bourgeois Prints: Autobiographical Series and 11 Drypoints".)
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
926.2008

Please Hang in There
1999

Source
1999

NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Please Hang in There. 1999
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Please Hang in There
Red ink and iodine on paper
1999

States

Louise Bourgeois. Please Hang in There. 1999
State I of IV, variant
1999
Louise Bourgeois. Please Hang in There. 1999
State I of IV, variant
1999
Louise Bourgeois. Please Hang in There. 1999
State II of IV
1999
Louise Bourgeois. Please Hang in There. 1999
State III of IV
1999
Louise Bourgeois. Please Hang in There. 1999
State IV of IV, variant
1999
Louise Bourgeois. Please Hang in There. 1999
State IV of IV, variant
1999
Published Louise Bourgeois. Please Hang in There. 1999
State IV of IV
1999