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Joel-Peter Witkin b. 1939
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10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- Joel-Peter Witkin
- 'SONGS OF INNOCENCE'
(South Dennis, Massachusetts: 21st, The Journal of Contemporary Photography, 2003, an edition of 65 numbered and 5 lettered copies), a volume containing 10 platinum prints by Joel-Peter Witkin on hand-made paper, each initialed by him in pencil; poems by William Blake. Folio, gilt-ruled and dark green-lettered green morocco with spine label, in a dark green cloth-covered basswood clamshell box; together with an additional platinum print of 'Still Life, Mexico,' signed by the photographer in pencil in the margin, in a letterpress hand-made paper wrapper, 1982-96, printed in 2003, no. 60 in a total edition of 70
Catalogue Note
The plates are as follows:
Von Gloeden in Asien, 1984
Satiro, 1992
The Kiss, 1982
Blackman, 1996
Counting Lessons in Purgatory, 1982
Portrait of Nan, 1984
Man with Dog, 1990
Bird of Cuerveda, 1982
Nude with Mask, 1988
Woman Once a Bird, 1990