Property from the Collection of Joy Walker, New York
Auction Closed
October 3, 04:15 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
FRANCESCA WOODMAN
1958-1981
UNTITLED (SELF-PORTRAIT, SHELLS)
carte-postale, inscribed 'Dear Joy, early cayatid [sic] coming your way soon xxx Francesca' in ink on the reverse, 1979-80
3¼ by 5⅛ in. (8.3 by 13 cm.)
Acquired by the present owner, friend of the photographer, circa 1980
Francesca Woodman: Photographic Works (New York and Zurich, 1992), p. 95
Francesca Woodman: On Being an Angel (Stockholm: Moderna Museet, 2015), p. 183
This postcard is postmarked 2 April 1980, shortly before Woodman's participation in 'Beyond Photography '80' at The Alternative Museum, New York, where she exhibited a large-scale photographic reconstruction of the façade of a temple, playing the roles of caryatids with friends.
