Woman with Severed Head, NM
Artist
Joel Peter Witkin (American, born 1939)American, born 1939
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Woman with Severed Head, NM
Date1982
Place depictedNew Mexico, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 15/16 × 15 in. (38 × 38.1 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in. (50.5 × 40.5 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in. (50.5 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.1265
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 signature " ' Woman With Severed Head ', 4/15, New Mexico 1982 ", upper right corner in pencil " JW.0134 "
verso in pencil " Joel Peter Witkin "
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