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Joel-Peter Witkin
Expulsion from Paradise of Adam and Eve, New Mexico1981

Not on view
Heavily manipulated square black and white photograph with double-exposed nude figures, large sculptural wings, diagonal light rays, and surface scratches
Artist or Maker
Joel-Peter Witkin
United States, New York, Brooklyn, born 1939
Title
Expulsion from Paradise of Adam and Eve, New Mexico
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1981
Medium
Gelatin-silver print
Dimensions
Image: 28 1/8 × 28 in. (71.44 × 71.12 cm) Primary support: 35 1/4 × 31 1/4 in. (89.54 × 79.38 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund
Accession Number
M.88.147
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Grundberg, Andy; Gauss, Kathleen McCarthy. Photography and Art: Interactions Since 1946. Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Museum of Art; Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
Copyright
© Joel-Peter Witkin