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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Auction result
Sanatorium
Joel-Peter Witkin (American, b. 1939) · 1983
$5,313 price realized incl. premium
≈ £3,466≈ €3,998
Hammer $4,250 · with buyer’s premium $5,313
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “gelatin silver print”
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 14 h x 14½ w in (36 x 37 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Post War + Contemporary Art (auctions/2010/04/post-war-contemporary-art)
- Date
- April 27, 2010
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 268
- Estimate
- $4,000 – — (≈ £2,610) (≈ €3,010)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Oct 1, 2026
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