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Cat. No. 233.1/II

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State/Variant:
Version 1 of 2, state II of II
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 11/16 x 16 13/16" (34.8 x 42.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 19 1/8 x 23 3/8" (48.5 x 59.4 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
2 known impressions of version 1, state II
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.
Curatorial Remarks:
The fragments of brown tape visible around the edges of this print appear to have been applied for the purpose of flattening the print as it dried.
Descriptive Title:
Girl and Parents
Description:
Drypoint
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from version 1, state I, by burnishing: woman’s bowl and man’s left hand removed.
Changes from version 1, state I, in drypoint: chair further delineated, feet added to table legs, and composition reinforced overall.
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:
785.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

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1997-1999

Source

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
Untitled (Study for Untitled)
Untitled (Study for Untitled)
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Untitled (Study for Untitled)
First Version
Untitled
Untitled
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Second Version
Untitled
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