LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Themes:

Nature

Techniques:

Drypoint

Description:

Drypoint, with red ink, blue colored pencil, blue and red crayon, and white correction fluid additions

Support:

Smooth, wove paper

Dimensions:

plate: 23 5/16 x 14 7/8" (59.2 x 37.8 cm); sheet: 27 3/8 x 19 3/16" (69.5 x 48.8 cm)

Signature:

Not signed

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

Harlan & Weaver, New York

Edition:

2 known variant impressions of version 1, state II

Impression:

Not numbered

Edition Information:

Proof before the editioning of version 2.

State Changes and Additions:

Changes from state II, in drypoint: roots further delineated and contours of root mound further reinforced.

Background:

Version 2 of this composition was published as a benefit for the organization, "Ainu Minzoku-to Chikyu Shimin-no Kai," Sapporo, Japan. Bourgeois's son, Jean-Louis Bourgeois, visited Japan to accept an award for the artist. While there, he learned of the plight and poverty of the Ainu, an indigenous Japanese tribe. He asked his mother to execute a benefit print for the organization.

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of the artist

MoMA Accession Number:

796.2008

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY