Mother and Child

Cat. No. 231/I

Mother and Child

State/Variant:
State I of II
Date:
2007
Themes
Abstraction, Fabric Works, Figures, Motherhood & Family
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Fabric
Dimensions:
plate: 13 3/4 x 10 7/8" (34.9 x 27.7 cm); sheet: 15 7/8 x 11 1/4" (40.3 x 28.6 cm)
Signature:
"LB" lower right margin, stitched in black thread.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Louise Bourgeois
Edition:
1 known impression of state I
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition at any state.
Impression:
Not numbered
Curatorial Remarks:
The plate dimensions of this impression could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions given are from another impression.

This impression has light staining, as is commonly found in the old fabrics Bourgeois chose to use as printing surfaces.
Description:
Drypoint, with red watercolor, black ink, and pencil additions
State Changes and Additions:
Additions in black ink: feet and ground line; most organic shapes reinforced, and additional organic shapes drawn; hair further delineated and filled in.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Mother and Child

2007

States
Mother and Child
Mother and Child, state II of II, variant
Mother and Child
Mother and Child

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