Joel-Peter Witkin (American, b. 1939). The Boy with Four Arms (Il Ragazzo Con Quatro Bracci), 1984. Toned gelatin silver...

Description

Joel-Peter Witkin (American, b. 1939)
The Boy with Four Arms (Il Ragazzo Con Quatro Bracci), 1984
Toned gelatin silver print
14-1/2 x 15 inches (36.8 x 38.1 cm) (image)
20 x 16 inches (sheet)
Signed, titled, dated, and editioned 1/15 in pencil, verso.

PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's, New York, S/O Buhl Collection, December 12, 2012, lot 387;
Private collection.

EXHIBITED:
New York, Thread Waxing Space, Collection in Context: Selected Contemporary Photographs of Hands from the Collection of Henry M. Buhl, September - October 1996;
New York, Guggenheim Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection, June - September 2004.

LITERATURE:
M. Courville, Collection in Context: Selected Contemporary Photographs of Hands from the Collection of Henry M. Buhl, New York, 1996, pl. 47;
J. Blessing, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection, Guggenheim Foundation, 2004, pp. 125 and 254.




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