Mother Hood
Artist
Peregrine Honig
(American, born 1976)
Publisher
The Lawrence Lithography Workshop
(American, founded 1979)
Date2005
MediumLithograph on Arches Cover white paper with Japanese silk tissue chine collé
DimensionsSheet: 15 × 19 inches (38.1 × 48.26 cm)
Image: 9 3/4 × 12 1/4 inches (24.77 × 31.12 cm)
Image: 9 3/4 × 12 1/4 inches (24.77 × 31.12 cm)
Credit LineGift of C. Richard and Evelyn Belger
Object number2023.40.23
SignedWritten along the right edge of the image.
MarkingsBelow the image, in script: “Mother Hood.” Under that, also in script: “She married the woodsman in his moment of fame, but she dreams[?] of the wolf and her mother to blame.” Edition number, artist’s name, and date in script along the right edge of the forest.
Edition/State/ProofLLW IMP
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DescriptionOval background depicting woods with a curving path through them. Background is pale blue with Japanese silk tissue colle applied over it. Little Red Riding Hood stands on the path, barefoot or in yellow boots in her red cape and hood. The cape is open to reveal her bare breasts and swelling pregnancy. She looks down at something in her gloved proper right hand and holds an axe in her proper bare left hand.Provenance
C. Richard Belger and Evelyn Craft Belger, Kansas City, MO;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.
Copyright© Peregrine Honig
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