Joel Peter Witkin
Woman Breast Feeding an Eel, NM

cropped recto of sheet
Woman Breast Feeding an Eel, NM
cropped recto of sheet
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Woman Breast Feeding an Eel, NM
Date1980, printed 1982
Place depictedNew Mexico, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 7/16 × 14 3/16 in. (36.7 × 36.1 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in. (50.5 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.1266
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso in pencil below signature " ' Woman Breastfeeding An Eel ' N.M. 1980/1982 # 15/15 "
verso in pencil center of sheet " Joel Peter Witkin "

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