Cat. No. 647/III
Fear
- State/Variant:
- State III of IV
- Date:
- 1999
- Themes
- Figures
- Techniques
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 7 7/8 x 10 7/8" (20 x 27.7 cm); sheet: 11 5/16 x 15 11/16" (28 x 39.8 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state III
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state IV.
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Curatorial Remarks:
- Publisher Harlan & Weaver groups the editioned state of this composition on paper 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” - Description:
- Drypoint
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state II, in drypoint: pyramid-like enclosures reinforced.
- 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:
- 899.2008
State III of IV
1999
Fear
1999-2000
Source
1998
Fear
1998
Fear
1998
Medium: Red ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 9 x 11 7/8" (22.9 x 30.2 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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1997
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1997
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2003
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