Duane Michals

a diptych, the first signed and editioned '6/25' and the second titled and extensively inscribed in ink in the margin, framed together, a Gallery Sho, Tokyo, label on the reverse, 1986

Phillips de Pury & Company New York, 26 April 2006, Sale 040106, Lot 344

This diptych is in generally excellent condition. The left and right margin edges on each of the photographs are slightly rippled. The inscription in ink reads as follows: 'Women live in liquids. Blood, milk, tears. They know the tides by heart, and recite the seasons. Their babies float in water. They are their babies' ocean. Women drip red drops, Their bodies' sap. They have moist lips. When lovers listen to women's bodies. They hear the sea.'
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