Cat. No. 647/IV
Fear
- State/Variant:
- State IV of IV
- Date:
- 2000
- Themes
- Figures
- Techniques
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove Hahnemühle paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 7 7/8 × 10 7/8" (20 × 27.7 cm); sheet: 15 1/16 x 17 1/16" (38.2 x 43.4 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 1999" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- Harlan & Weaver
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 25; plus 7 A.P., 5 P.P., 1 B.A.T., 1 H.C., 1 T.P.
- Edition Information:
- There is 1 known impression of state IV, outside the edition. This impression is in MoMA's Collection (Accession Number 900.2008). It is not illustrated, due to its similarity to the published impression seen here.
- Impression:
- "AP 6/7" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
- 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 III, in drypoint: upper right figure 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:
- 19.2002
State IV of IV
2000
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
State I of IV
1999
<i>Fear</i>
1999
State II of IV
1999
<i>Fear</i>
1999
State III of IV
1999
<i>Fear</i>
1999
State IV of IV
2000
<i>Fear</i>
2000
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Please Hang in There
State IV of IV
1999
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1999
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