Sale 2520 - Classic & Contemporary Photographs, October 17, 2019

426 c   JOEL-PETER WITKIN. Songs of Innocence. Edited and with an introduction by John Wood. Poems by William Blake. Elaborately illustrated with 10 platinum prints by Witkin that demonstrate the artist’s bizarre and darkly beautiful sentimentality, the images measuring 14x10 3 / 4 inches (35.6x27.3 cm.), and smaller, each initialed, in pencil, by Witkin, on recto. Oblong elephant folio, hand-bound gold and colored stamped boards; contained in a green cloth clamshell case. ONE OF 65 HAND NUMBERED AND LETTERED COPIES ISSUED WITH A PHOTOGRAPH AND SIGNED BY WITKIN, WOOD, AND ALBAHARI. (South Dennis, Massachusetts): 21st Editions/Steven Albahari, (2003) WITH—Joel-Peter Witkin. Still Life, Mexico. Platinum print, the image measuring 11 inches (27.9 cm.) square, the sheet 18x15 inches (45.7x38.1 cm.), with Witkin’s signature, in pencil, on recto; housed in a folded, printed presentation folder. 1992; printed 2003 [9,000/12,000] From the Personal Collection of Stephen Cohen. END OF SALE

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