Lot 163
  • 163

Joel Peter Witkin

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Joel Peter Witkin
  • Teatro di Morte (Theatre of Death)
  • signed, titled, dated 1989 and numbered 10/15 on the reverse
  • toned gelatin silver print
  • image: 39 by 38cm.; 15 3/8 by 15in.
  • sheet: 50 by 40.5cm.; 19 5/8 by 16in.

Provenance

Galleria Photology, Milan

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1996

Exhibited

Paris, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Autour de l'Extreme, 2010-11 (edition no. unknown)

Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum, Vanitas: Contemporary Reflections on Love and Death from the Collection of Stephanie Janssen, 2014-15 (edition no. unknown)

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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