Joel Peter Witkin
ID. Photograph of Venus and Eros in Purgatory, NM

cropped recto of sheet
ID. Photograph of Venus and Eros in Purgatory, NM
cropped recto of sheet
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)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.1262
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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
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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