Father and Son

Cat. No. 1144

Father and Son

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2004
Themes
Abstraction, Figures, Motherhood & Family
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
plate: 10 3/4 × 9 3/4" (27.3 × 24.8 cm); sheet: 14 × 10 1/2" (35.6 × 26.7 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" lower middle margin, red ink; "LB / 2004" right lower margin, red ink.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
1 known impression of the only state
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition.
Impression:
Not numbered
Curatorial Remarks:
The inscription refers to the author and editor Rosamond Bernier (1916-2016) and her husband, art critic John Russell (1919-2008), who were close friends of Bourgeois's.

The paper type could not be fully documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person.
Description:
Drypoint, with selective wiping, and red ink additions
Inscription:
"To Rosamond and John / with love" lower left to lower middle margin, red ink, artist's hand.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Father and Son

2004

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2004

Father and Son

Source

2004

Father and Son
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Father and Son

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