Cat. No. 685/III
The Feeding
- State/Variant:
- State III of III
- Date:
- 2008
- Themes
- Body Parts, Figures, Motherhood & Family
- Techniques
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 6 15/16 × 4 15/16" (17.6 × 12.6 cm); sheet: 9 7/16 × 8 5/16" (24 × 21.1 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 2 known impressions of state III
- 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.
There are signs of burnishing in the figure's open mouth, suggesting that it may have been shaded in at one point. However, there are no known impressions that have this feature. It is possible that the impression was destroyed or that the change was made exclusively on the plate. - Description:
- Drypoint
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state II, by burnishing: arms partially removed.
Changes from state II, in drypoint: arms and hands slightly reconfigured; figure further delineated. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1554.2012
State III of III
2008
The Feeding
2007-2008
Source
2007
The Feeding
2007
The Feeding
2007
Medium: Gouache on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 23 3/8 × 18" (59.4 × 45.7 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
State I of III
2007
<i>The Feeding</i>
2007
State II of III
2007
<i>The Feeding</i>
2007
State III of III
2008
<i>The Feeding</i>
2008
State III of III, variant
2008
<i>The Feeding</i>
2008
Related Works in the Catalogue
Untitled, plate 1 of 15, from the series, Nature Study
Only state
2009
Untitled, plate 1 of 15, from the series,<i> Nature Study</i>
2009
Blue Is the Color of Your Eyes
Only state
2008
<i>Blue Is the Color of Your Eyes</i>
2008
The Feeding
Only state
2008
<i>The Feeding</i>
2008
Feeding, plate 13 of 24, from the series, Self Portrait
Only state
2009
<i>Feeding</i>, plate 13 of 24, from the series,<i> Self Portrait</i>
2009
Related Works in Other Mediums
Self Portrait
2007
Self Portrait
2007
Medium: Gouache on paper
Dimensions: 23 5/8 x 17 7/8" (60 x 45.4 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Feeding
2007
The Feeding
2007
Medium: Gouache on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 14 5/8 x 11" (37.1 x 27.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Feeding
2007
The Feeding
2007
Medium: Gouache on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 23 1/2 × 18" (59.7 × 45.7 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Those Are Mine, Because They Are My Mother's
2007
Those Are Mine, Because They Are My Mother's
2007
Medium: Gouache and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 15 × 21 1/2" (38.1 × 54.6 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Feeding
2007
The Feeding
2007
Medium: Gouache on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 23 5/8 × 18" (60 × 45.7 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Feeding
2007
The Feeding
2007
Medium: Gouache on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 18 × 23 1/2" (45.7 × 59.7 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Feeding
2007
The Feeding
2007
Medium: Gouache on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 23 1/2 × 18" (59.7 × 45.7 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Feeding
2007
The Feeding
2007
Medium: Suite of 10 drawings in gouache on paper
Dimensions: sheet (each): 14 5/8 × 11" (37.1 × 27.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Good Mother
2007
The Good Mother
2007
Medium: Gouache on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 23 1/2 × 18" (59.7 × 45.7 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY