Cat. No. 233, study 4
Untitled (Study for Untitled)
- State/Variant:
- Study
- Date:
- 1998
- Themes
- Figures, Motherhood & Family, Objects
- Techniques
- Other Techniques
- Support:
- Smooth paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 11 x 17" (27.9 x 43.2 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Edition:
- 5 known photocopy studies
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
The 3 impressions of varying states labeled "HC", in the artist's hand, are not conventional H.C. impressions, which would be included in an edition. - Background:
- In the inscription on the verso of the second study illustrated in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, Bourgeois refers to Jean-Louis, one of her three sons.
- Descriptive Title:
- Girl and Parents
- Description:
- Photocopy, with pencil, blue ink, and white correction fluid additions
- Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscription on the verso of the first study illustrated in the Evolving Composition Diagram below: "where people face each other in judgment, dinner table, impossible / to hide."
Inscription on the verso of the second study illustrated in the Evolving Composition Diagram below: "unique for Pat Slatt / print / the child is Jean Louis / the father is looking at Jean L Louis. / January 28 1998. NY / Rachel Cowan-" - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 506.2010
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Study
1998
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Untitled
1997-1999
Source
1997
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled
1997
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled
1997
Medium: Ink and pencil on graph paper
Dimensions: sheet: 7 3/4 x 11" (19.7 x 27.9 cm)
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Source
c. 1997
Preparatory study for Untitled
c. 1997
Preparatory study for Untitled
c. 1997
Medium: Pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 14 x 17 1/16" (35.6 x 43.4 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Source
1997
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled
1997
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled
1997
Medium: Ink and pencil on graph paper
Dimensions: sheet: 8 x 11" (20.3 x 27.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Studies
First Version
Second Version
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Red Room (Parents)
1994
Not in MoMA's Collection
Red Room (Parents)
1994
Medium: Wood, metal, rubber, fabric, marble, glass, and mirror
Dimensions: overall: 97 1/2 x 168 x 167" (247.7 x 426.7 x 424.2 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY