Cat. No. 1062/I
The Son Is Father to the Man
- State/Variant:
- State I of III
- Date:
- 2000
- Themes
- Faces & Portaits, Motherhood & Family
- Techniques
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 7 x 5 3/4" (17.8 x 14.6 cm); sheet: 15 7/16 × 11 1/8" (39.2 × 28.3 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state I
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state III.
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The title of this composition is inspired by the poem "My Heart Leaps Up" by William Wordsworth.
- Description:
- Drypoint, with pencil additions
- Inscription:
- "MAY 1st 2000" lower left margin, pencil, unknown hand. Verso: "l'enfant est le père de l'homme" lower middle sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "Does the father carry his son within himself? Does the son carry forever his father within himself?"
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 996.2008
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (state III)
State I of III
2000
The Son Is Father to the Man
2000
Source
2000
The Son Is Father to the Man
2000
The Son Is Father to the Man
2000
Medium: Ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 7 x 7 3/4" (17.8 x 19.7 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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1998
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1998
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 12 x 8 3/4" (30.5 x 22.2 cm)
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Le Père et les 3 Fils
2001
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© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Father and Son, installed in the Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park
2005
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2005
Medium: Stainless steel, aluminum, and bronze bell
Dimensions: overall: 77 × 312 × 432" (195.6 × 792.5 × 1097.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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2005
Father and Son, installed in the Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park
2005
Medium: Stainless steel, aluminum, and bronze bell
Dimensions: overall: 77 × 312 × 432" (195.6 × 792.5 × 1097.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled, no. 9 of 34, from the sketchbook, Album à Dessin
sketchbook date: 1950s-1980s
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sketchbook date: 1950s-1980s
Dimensions: sketchbook overall: 5 1/4 × 6 15/16 × 1/2" (13.3 × 17.7 × 1.2 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY