Mother and Child

Cat. No. 669/IV

Mother and Child

State/Variant:
State IV of VII
Date:
2004
Themes
Faces & Portaits, Motherhood & Family
Techniques
Drypoint, Etching
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
plate: 6 15/16 × 4 15/16" (17.7 × 12.5 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" (sideways) right middle margin, pencil.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
1 known impression of state IV
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition at any state.
Impression:
Not numbered
Curatorial Remarks:
The paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from the impression in MoMA's Collection. The sheet dimensions are unknown.

The inscription in the artist's hand refers to Mary Gail Parr, Partner/Administrative Director of the gallery Cheim & Read, New York.
Description:
Drypoint and etching
Inscription:
"To Mary / Happy Birthday" lower middle margin, pencil, artist's hand.
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state III, in etching: hair reinforced throughout.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Mother and Child

2003-2004

Source

2002

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Source

2003

Untitled (verso)
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