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- unpublished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
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY