Mother and Child

Cat. No. 230.2/II

Mother and Child

State/Variant:
Version 2 of 2, state II of III
Date:
1999
Themes
Architecture, Figures, Motherhood & Family
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 11 15/16 x 9 7/8" (30.3 x 25.1 cm); sheet: 16 7/8 x 11 1/8" (42 x 28.2 cm)
Signature:
"LB" lower right margin, red ink.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
1 known impression of version 2, state II
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of version 2, state III.
Impression:
Not numbered
Curatorial Remarks:
Bourgeois wrote "AP" in the location where an Artist's Proof would usually be designated. However, this impression is not a conventional Artist's Proof, which would be of the published state.

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, with red ink, pencil, and white gouache additions
Inscription:
"AP" lower left margin, red ink, artist's hand. Verso: "baby girl" lower right sheet, pencil, artist's hand; "Sept 99." lower right sheet, red ink, artist's hand.
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from version 2, state I in drypoint: female figure's hair and breasts further delineated.
Other Remarks:
Printer Harlan & Weaver does not recall the reason for making the very similar version 2 of this composition.
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:
922.2008
This Work in Other Collections:
The Detroit Institute of Arts, MI
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Mother and Child

1999-2000

Source

1999

Reassuring Mother
First Version
Mother and Child
Mother and Child
Second Version
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