Lot #1797: JOEL-PETER WITKIN - Journeys of the Mask: A Prince in Hell - Original vintage photogravure

 

Artist: Joel-Peter Witkin (America, b.1939).
Title: "Journeys of the Mask: A Prince in Hell".
Medium: Original vintage photogravure.
Date: Composed 1983. Printed 1985.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 13/16 x 11 in. (275 x 279 mm).
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): Witkin’s controversial and carefully constructed photographs frequently depict macabre, often grotesque scenes, with images including torture, cadavers, hermaphrodites, dwarfs, etc. His works can be found in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. Image copyright © Joel-Peter Witkin Rare. “Gordon’s” locates only one sale of this image, a silver print which realized $6,953 (£3,840) at Christie's, South Kensington, 6/29/2006, lot #155. Witkin’s controversial and carefully constructed photographs depict macabre, often grotesque scenes, with images including torture, cadavers, hermaphrodites, dwarfs, etc. His works can be found in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. Image copyright © Joel-Peter Witkin. [29678-2-300]