Bébé Joufflu

Cat. No. 653/II

Bébé Joufflu

State/Variant:
State II of III
Date:
2002
Alternate Title:
The Big Baby; Paulo, Baby of the Art World
Themes
Figures
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 9 15/16 x 7 7/8" (25.2 x 20 cm); sheet: 14 7/16 x 11 1/8" (36.7 x 28.2 cm)
Signature:
"LB" right lower margin, red ink.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
1 known impression of state II
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition at any state.
Impression:
Not numbered
Curatorial Remarks:
Printer Felix Harlan of Harlan & Weaver remembers Bourgeois using the working title, "The Big Baby," for this composition. However, the Louise Bourgeois Studio has designated the title to be the same as that of the source drawing: "Bébé Joufflu." This drawing was exhibited in "Louise Bourgeois Drawings and Sculpture" at Kunsthaus Bregenz in 2002. The accompanying catalogue lists the title incorrectly as "Bébé Jousslu."

Previous MoMA cataloguers used the title, "Paulo, Baby of the Art World," based on the inscription on the verso of State I. That inscription refers to Paulo Herkenhoff, the Brazilian curator and critic with whom Bourgeois had a longstanding friendship and professional relationship. As a gift for Herkenhoff, Bourgeois made the 2002 composition "Ex Libris (for Paulo Herkenhoff)," seen below in Related Works in Other Mediums.
Descriptive Title:
English translation: "Big Cheeked Baby"
Description:
Drypoint, with red ink additions
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state I, in drypoint: shading added to body; face further delineated.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1643.2008
This Work in Other Collections:
Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Bébé Joufflu

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2002

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Related Works in the Catalogue

The Smile
Unaware and Aware
Ex Libris (for Paulo Herkenhoff)
Untitled, plate 3 of 6, from the portfolio, Together