Pregnant Woman

Cat. No. 684/I, variant 2

Pregnant Woman

State/Variant:
State I of VIII, variant
Date:
2008

Themes
Body Parts, Figures, Motherhood & Family
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
plate: 9 7/8 × 7 15/16" (25.1 × 20.2 cm); sheet: 17 1/4 × 10 1/2" (43.8 × 26.7 cm)
Signature:
"LB" lower right margin, pencil.
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unpublished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.

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 of state I in MoMA's Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
Description:
Drypoint, with red gouache and red pencil additions
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Pregnant Woman

2008

Source

2008

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States
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Related Works in the Catalogue

Pregnant, plate 8 of 24, from the series, Self Portrait
The Reticent Child
Untitled, no. 1 of 6, from the portfolio, The Woven Child

Related Works in Other Mediums

Pregnant Woman
Umbilical Cord
Mother
The Woven Child
Pregnant Woman