Le Baiser (The Kiss)
Artist
Joel Peter Witkin (American, born 1939)American, born 1939
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Le Baiser (The Kiss)
Date1982
Place depictedNew Mexico, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 1/16 × 13 5/16 in. (35.7 × 33.8 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 number91.1264
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Past/Present: Photography from the Permanent Collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 1991–February 9, 1992.
"Tradition and the Unpredictable: The Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 16–March 27, 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso in pencil below image " ' Le Baiser ' ( ' The Kiss ' ), N. M. 1982, 3/15 "
verso in pencil center of sheet " Joel Peter Witkin "
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