Joel Peter Witkin
Woman Breast Feeding an Animal, NM

cropped recto of sheet
Woman Breast Feeding an Animal, NM
cropped recto of sheet
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Woman Breast Feeding an Animal, NM
  • from the series Traduction Anonyme Atrocités Translucides
Date1976
Place depictedNew Mexico, United States
MediumGelatin silver print with toning
DimensionsImage: 10 1/2 × 10 9/16 in. (26.7 × 26.8 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 1/16 in. (35.4 × 28.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.1259
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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition HistoryLoaned to San Antonio Museum of Art for "American Photography: A History in Pictures," from April 21 to July 31, 1994 (LN:94.24).

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso in pencil lower right " ' Atrocity Series N M. 1976. Woman Breastfeeding An Animal ', Neg.1976, Printed 1976, Edition of 15, 15/15 ", recto in ink below image " Serie: Traduction Anonyme Atrocités Translucides LXXVI Joel Peter Witkin # VIII "
verso in pencil near bottom " Joel Peter Witkin 1976 "

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