JOEL-PETER WITKIN | 'Las Meninas'

signed, titled, dated, copyrighted, and annotated 'Gift Print to Barbara Gilbert' in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1987; accompanied by a box, signed and annotated by the photographer (2)

Acquired from the photographer, 2002

This photograph, on matte surface Agfa paper, is in generally excellent condition. There is faint graphite transference from the window mat at the perimeter of the image in the margin. There is a tiny tear in the lower left margin corner and a small handling crease in the upper left margin corner that do not appear to break the emulsion. '4/MIN' is written in pencil by the photographer on the reverse.
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