Le Père et les 3 Fils

Cat. No. 806 (cancellation proof)

Le Père et les 3 Fils

State/Variant:
Only state, cancellation proof
Date:
2005
Themes
Animals & Insects, Motherhood & Family
Techniques
Etching
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 55 11/16 × 12 3/8" (141.5 × 31.4 cm; sheet: 21 1/4 × 60" (54 × 152.4 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
2 known cancellation proofs
Edition Information:
This is one of 2 known cancellation proofs. A cancellation proof is included in the Evolving Composition Diagram because there are no known impressions without hand additions. This composition was not issued as a published edition.

There are 3 unique variants of this plate. They all include extensive hand additions and are listed below.

Before settling on the 3 unique variants, Bourgeois first added hand additions to 7 impressions of the plate and called them "studies." (Usually in this catalogue, the term "study" describes photocopies and tracings that were used in the process of developing a composition.) She then combined 3 of these studies into a unique variant triptych titled “Le Père et les 3 Fils.” She issued another study as a unique variant single panel work. The three remaining studies are no longer extant, according to the Louise Bourgeois Studio.

She worked again with this plate to make an additional multi-panel work, titled "Afraid." This work was made from impressions of the plate that were separate from the initial 7 studies described above.

The 3 unique variants are listed below and can be seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram:

"Afraid"
“Le Père et les 3 Fils” (triptych incorporates studies 1, 4, and 7)
“Le Père et les 3 Fils” (study 5)
Impression:
Not numbered
Descriptive Title:
English translation: "The Father and the 3 Sons"
Description:
Soft ground etching, with pencil additions
Inscription:
"Cancelled" left middle margin, pencil, artist's hand. Verso: "#1" lower center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
965.2011
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Le Père et les 3 Fils

2005-2007

States
Le Père et les 3 Fils
Unique Variants
Afraid
Le Père et les 3 Fils
Le Père et les 3 Fils

Related Works in the Catalogue

Le Père en Balade avec les Trois Fils
Untitled
Turning Inwards
Untitled
Sangsue
Le Père et les 3 Fils
The Little Leeches
Losing It
Paris Review
Le Père, la Mère, et les 3 Enfants

Related Works in Other Mediums

Untitled
Les 3 Fils de Robert
Le Pères et ses 3 Fils
Le Père et les 3 Fils
La Danse des 3 Fils avec leur Père Robert
Eye to Eye