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Francesca Woodman
Francesca Woodman and Giuseppe Gallo, Postcard invitation for Immagini exhibition
- Estimate
- £10,000 - 15,000
Lot Details
Gelatin silver contact print, mounted to a postcard.
1978
Image: 5.8 x 5.6 cm (2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Postcard: 10.4 x 14.9 cm (4 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Postcard: 10.4 x 14.9 cm (4 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
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Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The present lot is a postcard invitation for Francesca Woodman's first solo exhibition Immagini at the Maldoror bookshop, Rome, 20-30 March 1978. Woodman affixed a contact print to only a few invitations.
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Francesca Woodman
American | B. 1958 D. 1981During 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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