Joel-Peter Witkin
American · b. 1939 · Photographer
Joel-Peter Witkin is an American photographer who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His work often deals with themes such as death, corpses, often featuring ornately decorated… (Wikipedia)
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La GiovanissimaLempertz · €13,420≈ $17,364≈ £11,500Sign up to see
Le Baiser (The Kiss)Wright · $15,120≈ £12,266≈ €13,900Sign up to see
Studio of the Painter, Courbet, ParisPhillips · $15,000≈ £9,235≈ €11,067Sign up to see
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Joel-Peter Witkin is an American photographer who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His work often deals with themes such as death, corpses, often featuring ornately decorated photographic models, including people with dwarfism, transgender and intersex persons, as well as people living with a range of physical features. Witkin is often praised for presenting these figures in poses which celebrate and honor their physiques in an elevated, artistic manner. Witkin's complex tableaux vivants often recall religious episodes or classical paintings.
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In the collections of
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Art Institute of ChicagoJ. Paul Getty MuseumMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaNational Gallery of CanadaSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtSmithsonian American Art MuseumStedelijk Museum AmsterdamThe Nelson-Atkins Museum of ArtWhitney Museum of American Art
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Also known as Joel P. Witkin, Joel Peter Witkin
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