Cat. No. 761/IV
Embracing the Tree II
- State/Variant:
- State IV of IV
- Date:
- 2003
- Themes
- Figures, Nature
- Techniques
- Drypoint, Engraving
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 9 15/16 x 7 1/2" (25.3 x 19 cm); sheet: 13 3/4 x 11 5/16" (35 x 28.8 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 2 known impressions of state IV
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Background:
- According to Bourgeois’s assistant, Jerry Gorovoy, the subject of this composition came from a ritual instigated by the artist’s friend, Paulo Herkenhoff, a Brazilian curator and critic, in the late 1990s. In celebration of Easter, Herkenhoff, Gorovoy, and Bourgeois went into her backyard on Good Friday and each kissed the ground. After a few years, it was difficult for the artist to get down to the ground so they modified the ritual and began to embrace a tree instead.
- Description:
- Drypoint and engraving
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state III, in drypoint: shading added in shape in upper right composition; two horizontal lines added to lower composition.
Changes from state III, in engraving: large cloud shape, top of tree, and figure reinforced. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1470.2008
State IV of IV
2003
Embracing the Tree II
2001-2003
State I of IV
2001
<i>Embracing the Tree II</i>
2001
State II of IV, variant
2001
<i>Embracing the Tree II</i>
2001
State II of IV, variant
2001
<i>Embracing the Tree II</i>
2001
State II of IV, variant
2003
<i>Embracing the Tree II</i>
2003
State III of IV
2003
<i>Embracing the Tree II</i>
2003
State IV of IV
2003
<i>Embracing the Tree II</i>
2003
State IV of IV, variant
2003
<i>Embracing the Tree II</i>
2003
Related Works in the Catalogue
Topiary
State III of III
2005
<i>Topiary</i>
2005
Untitled, plate 3 of 9, from the portfolio, Topiary: The Art of Improving Nature
State II of II
1998
Untitled, plate 3 of 9, from the portfolio,<i> Topiary: The Art of Improving Nature</i>
1998
Embracing the Tree
State I of II
2000
<i>Embracing the Tree</i>
2000
Untitled (Wide Tree)
Version 2 of 2, state IV of IV
2005
Untitled (Wide Tree)
2005
Untitled (Three Trees), from the editioned series of portfolios, Les Arbres (1-6)
State IV of V
2004
Untitled (Three Trees), from the editioned series of portfolios, <i>Les Arbres</i> (1-6)
2004
Related Works in Other Mediums
Embracing the Tree
2001
Embracing the Tree
2001
Medium: Steel, fabric, and beads
Dimensions: overall: 32 x 23 x 20" (81.3 x 58.4 x 50.8 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
2003
Untitled
2003
Medium: Watercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 11 x 8 1/2" (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY