Francesca Woodman - Photographs Evening & Day New York Wednesday, October 5, 2016 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Phaidon, Francesca Woodman, p. 232

  • 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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But lately i find a sliver of a mirror is simply to slice an eye lid

1979
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (14 x 14 cm)
Signed by George and Betty Woodman, numbered 1/40 N 383 in pencil and the PE/FW credit stamp on the verso.

Estimate
$4,000 - 6,000 

Sold for $4,375

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Photographs Evening & Day

New York 5 & 6 October 2016