Jealousy Over the Breast

Cat. No. 688/I, variant

Jealousy Over the Breast

State/Variant:
State I of IV, variant
Date:
2007
Themes
Body Parts, Figures, Motherhood & Family
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
plate: 14 15/16 × 11" (37.9 × 27.9 cm); sheet: 17 × 11" (43.2 × 27.9 cm) (dimensions reflect full plate size; this is a partial print)
Signature:
"LB" lower right margin, black ink.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
2 known 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. The plate dimensions are from an impression in MoMA's Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
Description:
Drypoint, with red gouache, black ink, and pencil additions
Inscription:
"Jealousy over the breast" lower left to lower right margin, black ink, artist's hand.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Jealousy Over the Breast

2007-2008

Source

2007

Jealousy Over the Breast
States
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Related Works in the Catalogue

Untitled
The Feeding
Happiness
The Bad Mother
The Bad Mother
The Reticent Child

Related Works in Other Mediums

Self Portrait
Jealousy Over the Breast
Jealousy Over the Breast
Jealousy Over the Breast
Those Are Mine, Because They Are My Mother's
Maman
The Feeding
The Rivals