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Francesca Woodman

Francesca Woodman and Giuseppe Gallo, Postcard invitation for Immagini exhibition

1978
Gelatin silver contact print, mounted to a postcard.
Image: 5.8 x 5.6 cm (2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Postcard: 10.4 x 14.9 cm (4 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
The present lot is a postcard invitation for Francesca Woodman's first solo exhibition Immagini at the Maldoror bookshop, Rome, 20-30 March 1978. Woodman affixed a contact print to only a few invitations.

Francesca Woodman

American | B. 1958 D. 1981

During her brief 22 years, Francesca Woodman created an extraordinary body of work, exploring gender, selfhood and the body in relation to its surroundings. Woodman often experimented with a slow shutter speed, which slightly blurred and distorted her body as it moved throughout the exposure, creating a haunting, almost ghost-like effect. Her ethereal presence draws our attention to traditional depictions of the body, forms of portraiture and self-portraiture, illuminating the desire for self-preservation against the passing of time. 

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