Cat. No. 684/I, variant 1
Pregnant Woman
- State/Variant:
- State I of VIII, variant
- Date:
- 2008
- Themes
- Body Parts, Figures, Motherhood & Family
- Techniques
- Engraving
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 9 7/8 × 7 15/16" (25.1 × 20.2 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 9 7/16" (38 × 23.9 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 4 known variant impressions of state I
- 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.
After examining this print with the MoMA Conservation Department, it has been determined that the blue hand additions, which resemble colored pencil, are most likely carbon transfer. According to Felix Harlan, of Harlan & Weaver, New York, the artist sometimes made tracings of preexisting imagery as aids when developing compositions. - Description:
- Engraving, with red and pink gouache, blue carbon, and red ink additions
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1561.2012
State I of VIII, variant
2008
Pregnant Woman
2008
Source
2008
Pregnant Woman
2008
Pregnant Woman
2008
Medium: Gouache on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 23 5/8 x 18" (60 x 45.7 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
State I of VIII, variant
2008
<i>Pregnant Woman</i>
2008
State I of VIII, variant
2008
<i>Pregnant Woman</i>
2008
State I of VIII, variant
2008
<i>Pregnant Woman</i>
2008
State I of VIII, variant
2008
<i>Pregnant Woman</i>
2008
State II of VIII
2008
<i>Pregnant Woman</i>
2008
State III of VIII
2008
<i>Pregnant Woman</i>
2008
State IV of VIII
2008
<i>Pregnant Woman</i>
2008
State V of VIII
2008
<i>Pregnant Woman</i>
2008
State VI of VIII
2008
<i>Pregnant Woman</i>
2008
State VII of VIII
2008
<i>Pregnant Woman</i>
2008
State VIII of VIII
2008
<i>Pregnant Woman</i>
2008
Related Works in the Catalogue
Pregnant, plate 8 of 24, from the series, Self Portrait
Only state
2009
<i>Pregnant</i>, plate 8 of 24, from the series,<i> Self Portrait</i>
2009
The Reticent Child
State III of III
2004
<i>The Reticent Child</i>
2004
Untitled, no. 1 of 6, from the portfolio, The Woven Child
2003
Untitled, no. 1 of 6, from the portfolio,<i> The Woven Child</i>
2003
Related Works in Other Mediums
Pregnant Woman
2007
Pregnant Woman
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
Umbilical Cord
2003
Umbilical Cord
2003
Medium: Fabric and stainless steel
Dimensions: overall: 17 5/8 x 12 x 12" (44.8 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Mother
2008
Mother
2008
Medium: Gouache on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 23 1/2 x 18" (59.7 x 45.7 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Woven Child
2002
The Woven Child
2002
Medium: Fabric
Dimensions: overall: 11 x 29 x 14 1/2" (27.9 x 73.7 x 36.8 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Pregnant Woman
2007
Pregnant Woman
2007
Medium: Gouache and colored pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 14 5/8 × 11" (37.1 × 27.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY