Joel Peter Witkin
Twelve Photographs (Book title)

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Artist Joel Peter Witkin (American, born 1939)American, born 1939

Author Galway Kinnell(American, 1927–2014)American, 1927–2014

PublisherPublished by Kevin Begos Publishing, Inc.(American)American

CultureAmerican

Titles

Twelve Photographs (Book title)
.1) Head of a Dead Man (Mexico City, 1990)
.2) Satiro (Mexico City, 1992)
.3) Three Kinds of Woman (Mexico City, 1992)
.4) Un Santo Oscuro (New Mexico, 1987)
.5) Still Life (Mexico City, 1992)
.6) Las Meninas (New Mexico, 1997)
.7) Studio of the Painter (Paris, 1990)
.8) Feast of Fools (Mexico City, 1990)
.9) Laokoön (New Mexico, 1992)
.10) Nègre's Fetishist (Paris, 1990)
.11) Vanity (New Mexico, 1990)
.12) Man with Dog (Mexico City, 1990)

Date1992

MediumPaper, textile with gravures

Dimensions.1)Image: 10 1/4 × 12 5/8 in. (26 × 32.1 cm)
.2)Image: 11 3/8 × 10 1/4 in. (28.9 × 26 cm)
.3)Image: 9 1/4 × 12 3/4 in. (23.5 × 32.4 cm)
.4)Image: 10 1/16 × 10 1/8 in. (25.6 × 25.7 cm)
.5)Image: 10 5/16 × 11 1/16 in. (26.2 × 28.1 cm)
.6)Image: 10 3/16 × 10 1/4 in. (25.9 × 26 cm)
.7)Image: 9 3/8 × 12 3/4 in. (23.8 × 32.4 cm)
.8)Image: 10 × 12 3/4 in. (25.4 × 32.4 cm)
.9)Image: 10 3/8 × 10 1/4 in. (26.4 × 26 cm)
.10)Image: 9 7/8 × 12 1/2 in. (25.1 × 31.8 cm)
.11)Image: 10 1/8 × 11 1/8 in. (25.7 × 28.3 cm)
.12)Image: 12 7/8 × 10 1/2 in. (32.7 × 26.7 cm)
Overall Book: 23 3/4 × 18 in. (60.3 × 45.7 cm)
Overall Box: 25 × 19 in. (63.5 × 48.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of an anonymous donor

Object number2002.474

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Photographs by LGBTQ Artists

Object Type

BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS

ProvenancePrivate collection; given to MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed in pencil on the last printed page: "Witkin"

Printed paper label on the box: "JOEL-PETER WITKIN"

Printed on the cover of the book: "WITKIN"

Printed on the title page: "JOEL-PETER WITKIN / Twelve Photographs / WITH A POEM BY / GALWAY KINNELL / KEVIN BEGOS / NEW YORK MCMXCIII"

Printed on verso title page: "Images © 1993 by Joel-Peter Witkin / "Under the Maud Moon" from THE BOOK OF NIGHTMARES / by Galway Kinnell. Copyright © 1971 by Galway Kinnell / Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Co. / All rights reserved. / Special contents of this edition © 1993 / by Kevin Begos Publishing, Inc."

Printed at the end of the book: "Twelve Photographs / was produced during 1992-1993 / in an edition of 175 numbered copies, with and additional 32 Artist Proof / and Hors Commerce books which / are not for sale. / The gravure plates / were made by Jon Goodman, and printed on Lana Paper / and Robert Townsend. / The types Perpetua, / with Perpetua Titling, / set by Golgonooza Letter Foundry and printed by Darell Hyder. / The book was designed / by Kevin Begos Jr. and Joel-Peter Witkin. / This is copy 104"

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