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Man without Legs, New York City

1984

Joel-Peter Witkin

(American, 1939-)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 36.6 x 37.9 cm (14 7/16 x 14 15/16 in.); Paper: 50.4 x 40.6 cm (19 13/16 x 16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Museum members in 1989 1989.471
Impression
3
Copyright
Copyright
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

For almost four decades, Witkin has staged and photographed bizarre scenes, often incorporating people with physical deformities and severed limbs. Referring to art history and classical mythology, he manipulates his prints to create the rich surface quality usually acquired through age. Although Witkin’s photographs focus on disenfranchised members of society, they also reveal the humanity of his subjects.
Black-and-white photograph of a nude man with a medium-light skin tone and without legs, wearing an eye mask with two small holes through which he looks at us, with short black hair and a beard, and his torso resting on a skateboard, knuckles of each hand pressing into the ground to support himself. A white triangle in the background frames his head and shoulders, flanked by draped strips of cloth.

Man without Legs, New York City

1984

Joel-Peter Witkin

(American, 1939-)
America

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