Joel-Peter Witkin - 20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction New York Monday, July 17, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Collection of René and Veronica Di Rosa, San Francisco
    Virginia Lust Gallery, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011

  • Exhibited

    San Francisco Museum of Art; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Photography; New York, The Brooklyn Museum; Milwaukee Art Museum; San Diego, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, Joel-Peter Witkin: Forty Photographs, December 6, 1986–April 5, 1987, p. 45

  • Literature

    Joel-Peter Witkin and Germano Celant, eds., WITKIN, New York, 1995, n.p (another example illustrated)

122

Savior of the Primates (New Mexico)

signed, titled, numbered, inscribed and dated "Joel Peter Witkin Savior of the Primates N.M 1982 7/15" on the reverse
toned gelatin silver print
image 14 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. (37.8 x 37.8 cm)
sheet 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (50.5 x 40.3 cm)

Executed in 1982, this work is number 7 from an edition of 15.

Estimate
$2,000 - 3,000 

Sold for $3,810

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20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction

17 - 26 July 2023