Still Life Marseilles
Artist
Joel-Peter Witkin
(born 1939 Brooklyn, New York; lives Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Date1992
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsFrame: 23 × 26 1/4 × 1 in. (58.4 × 66.7 × 2.5 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Ray Graham
Object numberPC2020.8.58
DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of a still life with a corpse's head whose cranium has been converted into a vase for white lillies. An adjacent platter is overflowing with romanesco cauliflower, shellfish, cactus pears, and others fruits. Cherries, a persimmon, and additional fruits balance the tabletop arrangement.On View
Not on view
September 1986
ca. 1935
September 1986
ca. 1991
September 1986
September 1986