Lot 114
  • 114

Joel-Peter Witkin (B. 1939)

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 EUR
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Description

  • Joel-Peter Witkin
  • Studio de Winter, Paris, 1994
Tirage argentique, partiellement colorié. Signé, titré, daté et numéroté AP 1 au crayon au verso. Monté sous passe-partout et encadré.



Silver print with touches of colouring. On the reverse signed, titled, dated and numbered AP 1 in pencil. Mounted and framed.

Provenance

Galerie Baudoin Lebon (avec étiquette de la galerie au verso);
Collection particulière, France

Exhibited

Paris, Musée du Louvre, D'après l'antique, 2000/2001.

Literature

Germano Celant, Witkin, Zurich, Scalo, 1995, ill. pl.108. (variante)
D'après l'antique
, cat. expo. Paris, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2000, cat. 217, ill. p. 413.
Pierre Borhan, Joel-Teter Witkin. Disciple et maître, Paris, 2000, ill. p. 73.

 

Condition

Excellent.
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Catalogue Note

Cette oeuvre se réfère à un daguerréotype datant de 1850 du photographe alsacien Charles David Winter (1821 - 1904). Ce daguerréotype montre l'intérieur d'un atelier d'artiste regorgeant de statuettes en plâtre antiques.