Cat. No. 655/IV
Please Hang in There
- State/Variant:
- State IV of IV
- Date:
- 1999
- Themes
- Abstraction, Figures
- Techniques
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove Hahnemühle paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 9 15/16 × 11 7/8" (25.2 × 30.1 cm); sheet: 15 1/16 x 17 1/8" (38.2 x 43.5 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 1999" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- Harlan & Weaver
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 25; plus 7 A.P., 6 P.P., 1 B.A.T., 1 H.C., 1 T.P.
- Edition Information:
- There are 2 known variant impressions of state IV, outside the edition.
This impression includes pencil additions: 2 eyes were added by the artist, probably when she signed the print, according to printer Felix Harlan. Hand additions were not included in the edition of 25, and may or may not have been included in other published impressions. - Impression:
- "AP 6/7" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
- 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” - Description:
- Drypoint, with selective wiping, and pencil additions
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state II, in drypoint: further shading added to five points surrounding figure.
Additions in pencil: eyes added. - 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:
- 420.1999
State IV of IV
1999
Please Hang in There
1999
Source
1999
Please Hang in There
1999
Please Hang in There
1999
Medium: Red ink and iodine on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 9 × 12" (22.9 × 30.5 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
State I of IV, variant
1999
<i>Please Hang in There</i>
1999
State I of IV, variant
1999
<i>Please Hang in There</i>
1999
State II of IV
1999
<i>Please Hang in There</i>
1999
State III of IV
1999
<i>Please Hang in There</i>
1999
State IV of IV, variant
1999
<i>Please Hang in There</i>
1999
State IV of IV, variant
1999
<i>Please Hang in There</i>
1999
State IV of IV
1999
<i>Please Hang in There</i>
1999
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1999
<i>The Accident</i>
1999
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State IV of IV
1999
<i>La Folie</i>
1999
Fear
State IV of IV
2000
<i>Fear</i>
2000
Sainte Sébastienne
Version 2 of 2, state VII of VII
1992
<i>Sainte Sébastienne</i>
1992
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2002
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1998
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1998
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1999
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