Cat. No. 420/I, variant 2
Follow the Child within You
- State/Variant:
- State I of VII, variant
- Date:
- 1998
- Themes
- Figures, Motherhood & Family, Nature, Objects
- Techniques
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 16 7/8 x 13 7/8" (42.9 x 35.3 cm); sheet: 21 x 18 1/8" (53.3 x 46 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 2 known variant impressions of state I
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state VII.
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Background:
- State VII of this composition was published as a benefit for Harlem Family Institute, New York. The Harlem Family Institute is a multicultural psychoanalytic training institute in New York, founded in 1991. As of 2014, it provides two community services: free or affordable therapy to children and parents in underserved areas of New York, and training for aspiring psychoanalysts from diverse backgrounds. (A promotional brochure for the benefit edition gave an incorrect title, "Follow the Child in You" rather than "Follow the Child within You.")
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red and blue watercolor, red and blue ink, pencil, red crayon, blue gouache, and punched hole additions
- Inscription:
- Verso: large sketch of circular shape, which corresponds to sketch found on verso of other impression of state 1, red ink, center comp., artist's hand.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 3 plates.
Plate 1: boat outline and shading, waves, sky details, light sketch of figures in boat; usually printed in blue.
Plate 2: detailed figures in boat and rim of boat; printed in red.
Plate 3: shading in ocean; printed in blue.
State Changes:
Plate 1 printed in black.
Puncture additions: holes in bubbles and around perimeter of boat. - Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "when you do not know what to do follow the child within you"
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 776.2008
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
State I of VII, variant
1998
Follow the Child within You
1998-1999
Source
1998
Follow the Child within You
1998
Follow the Child within You
1998
Medium: Red ink, pencil, and white correction fluid on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 11 x 8 1/2" (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
1998
<i>Follow the Child within You </i>(Study for <i>Follow the Child within You</i>)
1998
State I of VII, variant
1998
<i>Follow the Child within You</i>
1998
State I of VII, variant
1998
<i>Follow the Child within You</i>
1998
State II of VII
1998
<i>Follow the Child within You</i>
1998
State III of VII, variant
1998
<i>Follow the Child within You</i>
1998
State III of VII, variant
1998
<i>Follow the Child within You</i>
1998
State IV of VII
1998
<i>Follow the Child within You</i>
1998
State V of VII
1998
<i>Follow the Child within You</i>
1998
State VI of VII
1999
<i>Follow the Child within You</i>
1999
State VII of VII
1999
<i>Follow the Child within You</i>
1999
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2001
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1997
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1997
Noah's Ark
State I of II
c. 2002
<i>Noah's Ark</i>
c. 2002
Related Works in Other Mediums
Untitled (Double-Sided)
1998
Untitled (Double-Sided)
1998
Medium: a: Ballpoint pen, felt-tip pen, watercolor, and pencil on musical composition paper
b: Pencil on musical composition paper
Dimensions: 12 x 8 1/2" (30.5 x 21.6 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
1998
Untitled
1998
Medium: Ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 9 x 12" (22.9 x 30.5 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY