Francesca Woodman - Photographs New York Wednesday, April 1, 2009 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston; Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris

  • Literature

    Townsend, Francesca Woodman, pp. 107, 124 & 156

  • Artist Biography

    Francesca Woodman

    American • 1958 - 1981

    During her brief 22 years, Francesca Woodman created an extraordinary body of work, exploring gender, selfhood and the body in relation to its surroundings. Woodman often experimented with a slow shutter speed, which slightly blurred and distorted her body as it moved throughout the exposure, creating a haunting, almost ghost-like effect. Her ethereal presence draws our attention to traditional depictions of the body, forms of portraiture and self-portraiture, illuminating the desire for self-preservation against the passing of time. 

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANABEL & E.J. GONZALEZ

196

House #3, Providence, Rhode Island, 1976; On Being an Angel #1, Providence, Rhode Island, 1977 and Self-Deceit #1, Rome, Italy

1978
Three gelatin silver prints, printed 1997.
(i) 6 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. (16.2 x 16.2 cm) (ii) 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (13 x 13 cm) (iii) 3 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (8.3 x 8.6 cm)
Each annotated Betty and George Woodman, Executors, numbered 19/40, 20/40 and 1/40, respectively, in pencil and Estate PE/FW credit stamp on the verso; one titled and dated in an unidentified hand in pencil on the verso.

Estimate
$7,000 - 9,000 

Sold for $8,750

Photographs

1 April 2009, 10am & 2pm
New York