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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 · May 2013€13,420≈ $17,364≈ £11,500Sign up to see
Le Baiser (The Kiss)Wright · Jan 2023$15,120≈ £12,266≈ €13,900Sign up to see
Studio of the Painter, Courbet, ParisPhillips · Oct 2013$15,000≈ £9,235≈ €11,067Sign up to see

Joel-Peter Witkin’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Joel-Peter Witkin, Mother of the future, 2004, Collage with four gelatin silver prints flush-mounted, in excellent condition. Original wooden frame 73.7 × 84 cm. Signed — Mother of the future, 2004
OstLicht Photo Auction · May 28, 2026
€2,600Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, '"Mask and Severed Genitalia as Netsuke," New Mexico', 1987, Toned gelatin silver print; signed — '"Mask and Severed Genitalia as Netsuke," New Mexico', 1987
Bonhams · Feb 27, 2026
$960Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Still-Life S.F., 1984, gelatin silver print — Still-Life S.F., 1984
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 11, 2025
$1,524Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Studio, Berlin, 1998, toned gelatin silver print — Studio, Berlin, 1998
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 11, 2025
$1,524Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Canova's Venus Shaun Ariane Montiel, 1982, gelatin silver print — Canova's Venus Shaun Ariane Montiel, 1982
Rago Auctions · Nov 4, 2025
$5,080Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Twelve Photographs, 1992-93, photogravure in bound artist's book — Twelve Photographs, 1992-93
Rago Auctions · Nov 4, 2025
$953Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, The Expulsion from Paradise of Adam and Eve, New Mexico, 1980, Gelatin silver print — The Expulsion from Paradise of Adam and Eve, New Mexico, 1980
Phillips · Oct 9, 2025
$3,354Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Bacchus Amelius, New Mexico, 1986, vintage gelatin silver print — Bacchus Amelius, New Mexico, 1986
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 31, 2025
$4,445Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Venus Genetrix, 1981, vintage silver gelatin print — Venus Genetrix, 1981
Strauss & Co · Jul 14, 2025
ZAR 7,035Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Harvest; Helena Fourment; Man Without Legs; Portrait of Nan; Ragazzo con quattro Braccia; The Result of War: The Cornucopian Dog; and Venus, Pan and Time, 1985, Seven photogravures, on Arches paper, with full margins — Harvest; Helena Fourment; Man Without Legs; Portrait of Nan; Ragazzo con quattro Braccia; The Result of War: The Cornucopian Dog; and Venus, Pan and Time, 1985
Phillips · Apr 16, 2025
$3,048Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Venus and Cupid: The Caucasian View of History, Los Angeles, 1987, gelatin silver print — Venus and Cupid: The Caucasian View of History, Los Angeles, 1987
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 12, 2024
$1,834Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Penitente, 1982, gelatin silver print — Penitente, 1982
Phillips · Dec 2, 2024
$2,032Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Picasso en los Disparates de Goya, New Mexico, 1987, Gelatin silver print — Picasso en los Disparates de Goya, New Mexico, 1987
Lempertz · Nov 29, 2024
€1,260Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Apollonia and Dominatrix Creating Pain in the Art of the West, New York City, 1988, Gelatin silver print hand-tinted — Apollonia and Dominatrix Creating Pain in the Art of the West, New York City, 1988
Lempertz · Nov 29, 2024
€2,268Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Birth of Venus, N.Y.C., 1982, Gelatin silver print — Birth of Venus, N.Y.C., 1982
Circle Auction · Feb 10, 2024
$2,400Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Sanitarium poster, 1985, photogravure — Sanitarium poster, 1985
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 1, 2023
$567Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Prudence', Paris 1996, 1996, Gelatin silver print on double-weight matte paper — Prudence', Paris 1996, 1996
OstLicht Photo Auction · Nov 18, 2023
€1,800Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, 'Self-Portrait (Reminiscent of Portrait as a Vanité)', 1995, Gelatin silver print; flush-mounted — 'Self-Portrait (Reminiscent of Portrait as a Vanité)', 1995
Bonhams · Nov 1, 2023
$1,536Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Woman About to Castrate a Man, NM, 1982, gelatin silver print — Woman About to Castrate a Man, NM, 1982
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Aug 2, 2023
$2,268Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Leda (Los Angeles), 1986, toned gelatin silver print — Leda (Los Angeles), 1986
Phillips · Jul 17, 2023
$2,159Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Savior of the Primates (New Mexico), 1982, toned gelatin silver print — Savior of the Primates (New Mexico), 1982
Phillips · Jul 17, 2023
$3,810Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Le Baiser (The Kiss), 1982, bromoil gelatin silver print — Le Baiser (The Kiss), 1982
Wright · Jan 25, 2023
$15,120Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Shaun Ariane Montiel Masturbating, 1982, gelatin silver print — Shaun Ariane Montiel Masturbating, 1982
Wright · Jan 25, 2023
$1,890Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Angel of the Carrots, 1981, gelatin silver print — Angel of the Carrots, 1981
Wright · Jan 25, 2023
$2,520Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Lisa Lyon as Hercules, N.Y.C., 1982, gelatin silver print — Lisa Lyon as Hercules, N.Y.C., 1982
Wright · Jan 25, 2023
$1,638Sign up free to see

Face of a Woman, 2004
Brunk Auctions · Oct 14, 2022
$2,800Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Counting Lesson in Purgatory, New Mexico, 1982, gelatin silver print — Counting Lesson in Purgatory, New Mexico, 1982
Rago Auctions · Sep 29, 2022
$3,640Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Studio of the Painter (Courbet), Paris, 1990, Gelatin silver print — Studio of the Painter (Courbet), Paris, 1990
Phillips · May 25, 2022
£756Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Glassman, Mexico; Self-Portrait, Reminiscent of ‘Portrait as a Vanité, New Mexico, 1994-1995, Two toned gelatin silver prints — Glassman, Mexico; Self-Portrait, Reminiscent of ‘Portrait as a Vanité, New Mexico, 1994-1995
Phillips · Oct 7, 2021
$5,670Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Story from a Book, 1999, Gelatin silver print — Story from a Book, 1999
Lempertz · Dec 7, 2020
€3,750Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Untitled (Roof), 1972, gelatin silver print — Untitled (Roof), 1972
Rago Auctions · Oct 21, 2020
$640Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Three Kinds of Women, 1992, Gelatin silver print — Three Kinds of Women, 1992
Phillips · Jul 13, 2020
$10,625Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, 'Poet: From a Collection of Relics and Ornaments' Berlin, 1986, Silbergelatineabzug. Agfa-Papier — 'Poet: From a Collection of Relics and Ornaments' Berlin, 1986
Grisebach · Nov 27, 2019
€4,375Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, 'Canova's Venus', N.Y.C., 1982, Silbergelatineabzug. Agfa-Papier — 'Canova's Venus', N.Y.C., 1982
Grisebach · Nov 27, 2019
€9,375Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, The Wife of Cain — The Wife of Cain
Rago Auctions · May 5, 2018
$2,250Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, The Wife of Cain, New Mexico, 1981, gelatin silver print — The Wife of Cain, New Mexico, 1981
Wright · Jun 23, 2016
$2,250Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Counting Lessons in Purgatory, New Mexico, 1982, Gelatin silver print — Counting Lessons in Purgatory, New Mexico, 1982
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · May 22, 2016
$3,750Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Face of a Woman, Marseilles, 2004, Toned gelatin silver print — Face of a Woman, Marseilles, 2004
Phillips · Apr 2, 2015
$8,750Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, ,History of the (White) World: Venus and the Magdalen‘, Paris, 1994, Silbergelatineabzug — ,History of the (White) World: Venus and the Magdalen‘, Paris, 1994
Grisebach · Nov 26, 2014
€3,500Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, The Graces, 1988, Gelatin silver print — The Graces, 1988
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Oct 12, 2014
$3,750Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Un Santo Obscuro, 1987, Toned gelatin silver print — Un Santo Obscuro, 1987
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Oct 12, 2014
$3,125Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, The Sins of Joan Miro, 1981, Toned gelatin silver print — The Sins of Joan Miro, 1981
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Oct 12, 2014
$3,125Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Studio of the Painter, Courbet, Paris, 1990, Gelatin silver print — Studio of the Painter, Courbet, Paris, 1990
Phillips · Oct 1, 2014
$12,500Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, ,Portrait as a Vanité‘, New Mexico, 1994, Silbergelatineabzug — ,Portrait as a Vanité‘, New Mexico, 1994
Grisebach · Nov 27, 2013
€5,000Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Studio of the Painter, Courbet, Paris, 1990, Gelatin silver print — Studio of the Painter, Courbet, Paris, 1990
Phillips · Oct 1, 2013
$15,000Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Three Kinds of Women, Mexico City, 1992, Gelatin silver print — Three Kinds of Women, Mexico City, 1992
Phillips · Oct 1, 2013
$11,250Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Las Meninas, New Mexico, 1987, Gelatin silver print — Las Meninas, New Mexico, 1987
Phillips · Oct 1, 2013
$11,250Sign up free to see

Joel-Peter Witkin, Gods of Earth and Heaven, Los Angeles, 1988, Gelatin silver print — Gods of Earth and Heaven, Los Angeles, 1988
Phillips · Oct 1, 2013
$7,500Sign up free to see

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