Lot no. 57
57. FRANCESCA WOODMAN (1958-1981)
Zig Zag Study, New York
June 27 1980
Archival pigment print on paper
3/10 edition
55.9 x 212 cm
Provenance
Gallery Bernal Espacio, Madrid
Private collection, Antwerp
A certificate of authenticity from Charles Woodman, Estate of Francesca Woodman will be given to the buyer.
Estate ID BP.4
Francesca Woodman is best known for photographing herself. But her photographs are not self-portraits in the traditional sense of the term. She is often nude or semi-nude and is usually seen half-hidden or obscured - sometimes by furniture, sometimes by slow exposures that blur her figure into a ghostly presence.
These images, both beautiful and disturbing, seem ephemeral but also suggest a sense of timelessness.
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Pictures credits: Contact organization
Drawings, watercolours and pastels
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