BOB SEIDEMANN | Selected Images from Unspeakable Beauty

a group of 46 photographs, each signed in pencil and with the photographer's copyright stamp, all but 2 dated in pencil, and 12 titled in pencil on the reverse, 1993-2001 (46)

This group of 46 photographs is in overall excellent condition. The whole is housed in a black clamshell box. The photographs are as follows: 'Kaliana,' 7/25/93 'Morgan with tracks,' 7/25/93 'Sabrina and Nation,' 11/1/93 'Neil with Sword,' 11/1/93 'Florice and Neil,' 11/1/93 'Adena with gears,' 7/25/93 'Bill w/ mask,' undated 'Angela,' 8/20/93 'Nation,' 8/20/93 'Karen w/ Mask,' 8/20/93 'Liza,' 8/29/93 'self portrait 6-15-96' 'negative 4-18-01,' (Bound nude facing rock), 4-24-01 (Nude bound upside down with legs wide), 12-26-95 (Nude male with cape and sword), 1-1-98 (Nude on cross with group surrounding), 12-6-97 (Nude suspended upside down with slash marks), 2-10-97 (Nude on cross with caped figure and skeleton), 7-3-96 (Urinating nude on cross with caped figure and skeleton), 10-26-96 (Pregnant nude with owl), 6-17-99 (Male nude on cross with starry background), 12-5-96 (Woman standing in coffin with skeleton on cross), 12-5-96 (Corseted woman holding battle axe), 12-5-96 (Nude male amputee on cross), 7-19-96 (Nude bound diagonally to cinder blocks), 11-7-95 (Nude suspended upside down over wagon wheel), 11-5-95 (Woman holding skeleton and syringe), 5-28-95 (Dominatrix corset and skirt), 2-9-95 (Nude in chains with palm shadows), 12-26-95 (Partial nude on cross), 6-19-96 (Nude with chains on clouded background), 3-23-96 (Chained male nude on throne), 1-31-96 (Nude in chain mail mask seated on throne with male nude below), 1-31-96 (Nude in chain mail mask seated on throne), 2-2-96 (Nude in blonde wig bound to cinder blocks), 2-10-97 (Male nude in coffin), 10-23-97 (Nude suspended facing fake male torso), 2-10-97 (Dominatrix with metal claws), 1-29-95 (Woman on throne with standing male holding spear), 11-30-94 (Woman on throne holding spear), 1-12-95 (Corseted male holding sword next to bull head), 11-30-94 (Scene in window, woman and man), 12-6-93 (Male standing over female on grill), 2-21-94 (Woman with whip in frame, recto), 11-5-95 (Corseted woman in frame, verso), 2-10-97 (Dominatrix with riding crop and seated man in background), undated
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