Courbet’s mask from the photograph "Studio of the Painter: Courbet, Paris 1990"

© Joel-Peter Witkin

Courbet’s mask from the photograph "Studio of the Painter: Courbet, Paris 1990"

Currently not on view

Courbet’s mask from the photograph "Studio of the Painter: Courbet, Paris 1990",

ca. 1990

Joel-Peter Witkin, American, born 1939
2004-87.4

Information

Title
Courbet’s mask from the photograph "Studio of the Painter: Courbet, Paris 1990"
Dates

ca. 1990

Maker
Joel-Peter Witkin
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 41.2 x 30.5 cm (16 1/4 x 12 in.) sheet: 50.3 x 37.9 cm (19 13/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Object Number
2004-87.4
Place Made

North America, United States

Inscription
Inscribed in graphite, below image: I made the Courbet mask resemble Louis Haywards [sic] “Man In / The Iron Mask” since Janet his wife on a plane to / John Wayne airport. We spoke of her former husband. / He was a war hero, a gentlile [sic, presumably gentle] man. I wished to have known him. / I J [monogram, J reversed]
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
leaves, text, masks (costume)

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