Cat. No. 655/I, variant 2
Please Hang in There
- State/Variant:
- State I of IV, variant
- Date:
- 1999
- Themes
- Abstraction, Figures
- Techniques
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 9 15/16 × 11 7/8" (25.2 × 30.1 cm); sheet: 11 x 15 3/8" (27.9 x 39.1 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, blue ink.
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 2 known variant impressions of state I
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state IV.
The "AP" inscription, in the artist's hand, does not indicate a conventional A.P. impression, which would be of the final state. - Impression:
- Not numbered
- Curatorial Remarks:
- Publisher Harlan & Weaver groups the editioned state of this composition with ten other drypoints of 1999, under the title, “11 Drypoints.” Each of the 11 compositions can be displayed individually. The full set is as follows:
“The Accident”
“The Angry Cat”
“Don’t Put Your Foot in Your Mouth”
“Fear”
“Feet (Socks)”
“Fences Are Obsolete”
“Madeleine”
“Mosquito”
“Mother and Child”
“Please Hang in There”
“The Smell of the Feet” - Description:
- Drypoint, with pink and blue watercolor, and blue ink additions
- Inscription:
- "AP" lower left margin, blue ink, artist's hand.
- Bibliography:
- Malbert, Roger, and Juliet Mitchell. "Louise Bourgeois: Autobiographical Prints." London: Hayward, 2016. (Catalogue accompanying the touring exhibition "Louise Bourgeois Prints: Autobiographical Series and 11 Drypoints".)
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 926.2008
State I of IV, variant
1999
Please Hang in There
1999
Source
1999
Please Hang in There
1999
Please Hang in There
1999
Medium: Red ink and iodine on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 9 × 12" (22.9 × 30.5 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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