Joel-Peter Witkin

Feast of Fools

A dark still life showing a pile of fruit mixed with disembodied human hands and feet.

A dark still life showing a pile of fruit mixed with disembodied human hands and feet.

Not on view

Classification
Prints

Medium
Photogravure

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 23 7/8 in. (50.5 × 60.6 cm) Image: 10 7/8 × 13 3/8 in. (27.6 × 34 cm)

Accession number
2024.54.12

Edition
6/25

Credit line
Gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/38635

Part of a series:
"In a dream ..."
12 works

Small animal bones arranged on a wooden surface to spell the word "LEG".

Two black-and-white portraits show a woman standing with her back turned and text columns beside.

A bearded man with closed eyes has his head gently cradled by another person's hands.

Large translucent red-orange sheet with curved edge against a pale background.

A dense field of stars and faint nebulae shown within a dark rectangular print framed by a beige mat.

Young person with curly hair and a dirt-smeared face looking directly at the camera.

Bright poppy flowers cluster against a dark background beside a golden panel with distorted mask reflections.

Factory workers sew garments while a manager gestures and shows fabric to a seated woman.

An older man gestures at a teenage boy adjusting his shirt while a woman watches by the window.

Gray poster with centered white text quoting a dream about finding a way to survive and feeling joy.

Joel-Peter Witkin
2 works in the collection, 3 exhibitions

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