Lot 132
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Joel-Peter Witkin b. 1939

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10,000 - 15,000 USD
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  • 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