Please Hang in There

Cat. No. 655/III

Please Hang in There

State/Variant:
State III of IV
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 1/8" (28 x 38.4 cm)
Signature:
"LB" right lower margin, red ink.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
1 known impression of state III
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of state IV.
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 black and red ink additions
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state II, by burnishing: burr mostly removed.
Changes from state II, in drypoint: shading added to five points surrounding figure.
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:
929.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Please Hang in There

1999

Source

1999

Please Hang in There
States
Please Hang in There
Please Hang in There
Please Hang in There
Please Hang in There
Please Hang in There
Please Hang in There
Please Hang in There

Related Works in the Catalogue

The Accident
La Folie
Fear
Sainte Sébastienne

Related Works in Other Mediums

The Sadist
The Dagger Child Hurt the Parent
Sainte Sébastienne
Untitled
Bows and Arrows
Miss Moody