Cat. No. 688/III
Jealousy Over the Breast
- State/Variant:
- State III of IV
- Date:
- 2008
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Figures, Motherhood & Family
- Techniques:
- Drypoint, Engraving
- Description:
- Drypoint and engraving, with red watercolor and black and red ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 14 15/16 × 11" (38 × 28 cm); sheet: 17 5/8 × 11 3/8" (44.8 × 28.9 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state III
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state II, by burnishing: drypoint partially removed throughout.
Changes from state II, in engraving: lines reinforced throughout; contour lines added to nipples. - 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.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1559.2012
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