Lot 224
  • 224

Joel-Peter Witkin

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Joel-Peter Witkin
  • Cupid and Centaur in the Museum of Love
  • signed, titled, dated Marseille 1992 and numbered 6/12 on the reverse 
  • toned gelatin silver print
  • image: 84 by 70cm.; 33 by 27 1/2 in.
  • sheet: 99 by 79cm.; 39 by 31 1/8 in.

Provenance

Private Collection

Sale: Christie's, New York, Photographs, 5 October 1995, Lot 88

Galleria Photology, Milan

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1999

Literature

Germano Celant, Joel-Peter Witkin: A Retrospective, Zurich 1996, n.p., no. 96, another example illustrated

Joel-Peter Witkin et al., Songs of Experience: Platinium Edition, Saint Dennis 2002, n.p., another example illustrated 

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Visible only beneath the mount, this is a small speck of skinning to the lower left corner rip. The sheet undulates slightly.
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