Empty Nest, plate 6 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series

Cat. No. 435/II

Empty Nest, plate 6 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series

State/Variant:
State II of III
Date:
1993
Themes
Architecture, Figures, Motherhood & Family, Objects
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 9 x 11 15/16" (22.9 x 30.3 cm); sheet: 19 1/2 x 20" (49.5 x 50.8 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
1 known impression of state II
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of state III.
Impression:
Not numbered
Background:
Bourgeois was often inspired by the subjects of early drawings when creating works at much later dates. This 1994 portfolio is an example of a project based primarily on drawings from the 1940s and referring to her life in New York at that time. The exceptions are as follows: plate 1, based on a drawing from 1986 that references childbirth; plates 4 and 9, based on drawings from the 1940s but depicting memories of her childhood years in France; plate 11, most probably based on a drawing from the 1940s of a European hotel desk.
Curatorial Remarks:
Of the 14 plates in "Autobiographical Series," Bourgeois titled this plate and plate 12. The untitled plates have been assigned descriptive titles for cataloguing purposes.
Description:
Drypoint
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state I, in drypoint: right stool legs reinforced.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
633.2008
This Work in Other Collections:
Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Québec
Museu da Gravura Cidade de Curitiba, Brazil
Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Empty Nest , plate 6 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series

1993-1994

States
Empty Nest, plate 6 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series
Empty Nest, plate 6 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series
Empty Nest, plate 6 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series
Empty Nest, plate 6 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series

Portfolio

1994

Autobiographical Series