Joel-Peter Witkin
2003
Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience

Artist-made Books
Etherton Gallery
Set of 2 platinum print books, each with poetry by William Blake and images by Joel-Peter Witkin. Sold as a set only. Each book is printed in an edition of 65 numbered and 5 lettered copies, and contains one unbound and ten bound platinum prints by Witkin; poetry by Blake is printed in monotype letterpress on handmade papers. Published by 21st, The Journal of Contemporary Photography, 2003, South Dennis, Massachusetts.
 
List of plates:
 
Songs of Innocence, bound platinum prints, each initialed by artist:
 
1. Von Gloeden in Asien
2. Satiro
3. The Kiss
4. Blackman
5. Counting Lessons in Purgatory
6. Portrait of Nan
7. Man witb Dog
8. Nude witb Mask
9. Bird of Queveda
10. Woman Once a Bird
11. Still Life, Mexico - signed, free-standing platinum print
 
Songs of Experience, bound platinum prints, each initialed by artist:
 
1. Cupid and Centaur in the Museum of Love
2. La Bête
3. Man without a Head
4. Amour
5. Androgyny Breast Feeding a Fetus
6. Testicle Stretch with the Possibility of a Crushed Face
7. Portrait as a Vanité
8. The Invention of Milk
9. Prudence
10. A Day in the Country
11. Harvest - signed, free-standing platinum print
 
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