Woman Once a Bird

© Joel-Peter Witkin

Woman Once a Bird

Currently not on view

Woman Once a Bird,

1990, printed 1991

Joel-Peter Witkin, American, born 1939
x1993-190.1.12

Information

Title
Woman Once a Bird
Dates

1990, printed 1991

Maker
Joel-Peter Witkin
Medium
Platinum-palladium print
Dimensions
image: 31.9 x 25.9 cm (12 9/16 x 10 3/16 in.) sheet: 40.5 x 33.2 cm (15 15/16 x 13 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ruth Bernhard
Object Number
x1993-190.1.12
Signatures
in graphite, lower right: WITKIN [underlined]
Inscription
in graphite, lower left: AP 15/24
Culture
American
Type
platinum prints, palladium prints
Materials
platinum prints, palladium prints
Subject
portraits, women, nudes

Ruth Bernhard, San Francisco, CA, and New York, NY (by 1993); gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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