Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗'"Mask and Severed Genitalia as Netsuke," New Mexico', 1987
Photograph · ed. 1/15
Bonhams · Feb 27, 2026$960 ≈ £713 ≈ €813Sign up free to see price
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Counting Lesson in Purgatory, New Mexico
Joel-Peter Witkin (American, b. 1939) · 1982
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Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $5,000 – $7,000 (≈ £3,087 – £4,322) (≈ €3,967 – €5,554)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print”
- Edition
- 14/15
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 14 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. (35.9 x 36.2 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (NY040314)
- Date
- October 1, 2014
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 167
- Estimate
- $5,000 – $7,000 (≈ £3,087 – £4,322) (≈ €3,967 – €5,554)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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OstLicht Photo Auction · May 28, 2026€2,600 ≈ $3,020 ≈ £2,253Sign up free to see pricePhoto © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗'"Mask and Severed Genitalia as Netsuke," New Mexico', 1987
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Bonhams · Feb 27, 2026$960 ≈ £713 ≈ €813Sign up free to see price
Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗'La Serpentine, Marseilles', 1992
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Phillips · Oct 1, 2014$389,000 ≈ £240,198 ≈ €308,657Sign up free to see price
Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Tyrrhenian Sea, Mount Polo (Morning, day, night), 1993
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Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Combien pour ce chapeau? (Combien pour ce chapeau?, Musée Jules Verne, Nantes, 1987, An Old Hat), 1987
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