Llama

Cat. No. 409/II, variant 1

Llama

State/Variant:
State III of III, variant
Date:
1999
Themes
Animals & Insects
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 8 15/16 x 11 7/8" (22.7 x 30.2 cm); sheet: 10 7/8 x 14" (27.7 x 35.6 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
2 known variant impressions of state III
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition at any state.
Impression:
Not numbered
Curatorial Remarks:
Liquid stain in lower center.

Inscription on the verso of the source drawing refers to Paulo Herkenhoff, a Brazilian curator and critic who had a longstanding friendship and professional relationship with Bourgeois.

A partially erased inscription on the verso of the source drawing includes the words, “Dalai Lama,” which may refer to another composition Bourgeois was developing around the same time. That composition, titled "Who, What, When, Where, Why?" was originally intended as a benefit project for the Dalai Lama but did not come to fruition.
Description:
Drypoint
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state II, in drypoint: knee on front leg further delineated.
Artist’s Remarks:
Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "For Paulo / Dalai-Lama (partially erased) / useful excrements / fertilize / DALEY LAMA (partially erased) / trema (partially erased) / herbivore / Ruminant"
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
860.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Llama

1999

Source

1999

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States
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