Jealousy Over the Breast

Cat. No. 688/II

Jealousy Over the Breast

State/Variant:
State II of IV
Date:
2007
Themes
Body Parts, Figures, Motherhood & Family
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 14 13/16 × 11" (37.6 × 27.9 cm); sheet: 18 7/8 × 11" (48 × 28 cm) (dimensions reflect full plate size; this is a partial plate)
Signature:
Not signed
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unpublished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:
Toward the end of her life, Bourgeois made a large body of red gouache drawings related to the theme of Motherhood & Family. Bourgeois usually made several iterations of each scene, exploring pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding, among other subjects related to new life. Some drawings were used as source works for print compositions. As the print composition evolved, Bourgeois continued to explore the same subject through drawing. See Related Works in Other Mediums below for examples.
Description:
Drypoint, with blue ink, pencil, and white correction fluid additions
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state I, by burnishing: heads partially removed.
Changes from state I, in drypoint: heads reconfigured and further delineated; droplets of milk added; top figure's hands further delineated.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1558.2012
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Jealousy Over the Breast

2007-2008

Source

2007

Jealousy Over the Breast
States
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Related Works in the Catalogue

Untitled
The Feeding
Happiness
The Bad Mother
The Bad Mother
The Reticent Child

Related Works in Other Mediums

Self Portrait
Jealousy Over the Breast
Jealousy Over the Breast
Jealousy Over the Breast
Those Are Mine, Because They Are My Mother's
Maman
The Feeding
The Rivals