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Cat. No. 233.2/III

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State/Variant:
Version 2 of 2, state III of IV
Date:
1999
Alternate Title:
Where People Face Each Other in Judgement
Themes
Figures, Motherhood & Family, Objects
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 13 7/8 x 16 15/16" (35.3 x 43 cm); sheet: 19 x 21 9/16" (48.3 x 54.8 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
1 known impression of version 2, state III
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition at any state.

The 3 impressions of varying states labeled "HC", in the artist's hand, are not conventional H.C. impressions, which would be included in an edition.
Impression:
Not numbered
Background:
In the inscription on the verso of the second study illustrated in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, Bourgeois refers to Jean-Louis, one of her three sons.
Descriptive Title:
Girl and Parents
Description:
Drypoint, with pencil and red ink additions
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from version 1: composition transferred to slightly larger plate, in drypoint; heads of parents reconfigured, collar and tie added to man, shoes added to child, table top reconfigured, table and chair legs lengthened.
Changes from version 2, state II, by burnishing: man’s left sleeve partially removed.
Changes from version 2, state II, in drypoint: man’s suit lapels delineated and left sleeve reconfigured, and food added to dishes.
Artist’s Remarks:
Inscription on the verso of the first study illustrated in the Evolving Composition Diagram below: "where people face each other in judgment, dinner table, impossible / to hide."

Inscription on the verso of the second study illustrated in the Evolving Composition Diagram below: "unique for Pat Slatt / print / the child is Jean Louis / the father is looking at Jean L Louis. / January 28 1998. NY / Rachel Cowan-"
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
789.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

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1997-1999

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1997

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c. 1997

Preparatory study for Untitled

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1997

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Studies
Where People Face Each Other in Judgement
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First Version
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Second Version
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