Artist
Joel Peter Witkin American, born 1939
CultureAmerican
Titles
- ID. Photograph of Venus and Eros in Purgatory, NM
Date1981
PlaceNew Mexico, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 3/4 × 15 1/8 in. (37.5 × 38.4 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (50.5 × 40.3 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (50.5 × 40.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.1262
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Tradition and the Unpredictable: The Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Upper Jones and Wiess Galleries; January 16-March 27, 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso in pencil below image " ' I.D. Photograph Of Venus & Eros In Purgatory ' , N.M. 1981 #4 of 15 "
verso in pencil upper center " Joel Peter Witkin "
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Joel Peter Witkin
1982
Gelatin silver print with toning
85.296
