Do Not Abandon Me

Cat. No. 58/III, variant 2

Do Not Abandon Me

State/Variant:
State III of VII, variant
Date:
1999

Themes
Figures, Motherhood & Family, Objects
Techniques
Drypoint, Other Techniques
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 11 15/16 x 9 15/16" (30.3 x 25.3 cm); sheet: 15 3/8 x 11 1/16" (39 x 28.1 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
2 known variant impressions of state III
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of state VII.
Impression:
Not numbered
Background:
The imagery of this print relates to Bourgeois’s monumental sculptural installation for the inaugural exhibition in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in 2000. The installation consisted of “Maman,” a 30’ steel sculpture of a spider, and “I Do, I Undo, I Redo,” three steel towers ranging in height from 42' to 57'. Each tower contained a different sculpture of a mother and child inside a bell jar. The “Do Not Abandon Me” drypoint relates to the sculpture contained in the tower titled, “I Redo,” seen below in Related Works in Other Mediums.
Description:
Drypoint and blue monotype, with pencil additions
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state II in drypoint: shading on railings reinforced.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
809.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Do Not Abandon Me

1999-2000

Source

1998

Untitled (Chair)
States
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Related Works in the Catalogue

Baby and Butterfly
Do Not Abandon Me
The Trauma of Abandonment
Hair
Untitled, no. 1 of 24, from the illustrated book, Hours of the Day
Umbilical Cord

Related Works in Other Mediums

I Redo (interior component), from the 3-part installation, I Do, I Undo, I Redo
Do Not Abandon Me
Do Not Abandon Me
Do Not Abandon Me (detail)
The Umbilical Cord
The Dangerous Obsession