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Woman Breast Feeding an Eel, NM

Image Not Available for Woman Breast Feeding an Eel, NM
Woman Breast Feeding an Eel, NM
Image Not Available for Woman Breast Feeding an Eel, NM
ArtistAmerican, born 1939
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
Special Collections
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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