Do Not Abandon Me

Cat. No. 58/VII

Do Not Abandon Me

State/Variant:
State VII of VII
Date:
2000

Themes
Figures, Motherhood & Family, Objects
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Smooth, thin, wove Mingei paper
Dimensions:
plate: 11 7/8 x 9 15/16" (30.2 x 25.3 cm); sheet: 19 7/16 x 16" (49.3 x 40.7 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois 2000" lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher
Harlan & Weaver
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
25 on paper; plus 7 A.P., 5 P.P., 3 H.C., 1 B.A.T., 1 T.P., and an edition of 10 on fabric
Edition Information:
There is 1 known variant impression of state VII, outside the two editions.
Impression:
"ap 6/7" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
Background:
The imagery of this print relates to Bourgeois’s monumental sculptural installation for the inaugural exhibition in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in 2000. The installation consisted of “Maman,” a 30’ steel sculpture of a spider, and “I Do, I Undo, I Redo,” three steel towers ranging in height from 42' to 57'. Each tower contained a different sculpture of a mother and child inside a bell jar. The “Do Not Abandon Me” drypoint relates to the sculpture contained in the tower titled, “I Redo,” seen below in Related Works in Other Mediums.
Description:
Drypoint, with selective wiping
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state VI in drypoint: woman and child's facial features further delineated; child's legs reshaped.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
321.2002
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Do Not Abandon Me

1999-2000

Source

1998

Untitled (Chair)
States
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Related Works in the Catalogue

Hair
Umbilical Cord
The Trauma of Abandonment
Untitled, no. 1 of 24, from the illustrated book, Hours of the Day
Baby and Butterfly
Do Not Abandon Me

Related Works in Other Mediums

Do Not Abandon Me
I Redo (interior component), from the 3-part installation, I Do, I Undo, I Redo
Do Not Abandon Me
Do Not Abandon Me (detail)
The Dangerous Obsession
The Umbilical Cord