
On Being An Angel #1, Providence, Rhode Island
This gelatin silver print by Francesca Woodman captures the artist's characteristic exploration of the body in space through ethereal, ghostlike imagery that blurs the boundaries between figure and environment. The photograph exemplifies Woodman's signature aesthetic of ephemeral presence, where her nude or partially obscured form appears to dissolve into or emerge from architectural and natural surroundings. As a work printed later by Igor Bakht from Woodman's original negative, it preserves the haunting quality of her brief but influential career, which focused on themes of vulnerability, transience, and the relationship between the corporeal and the intangible.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print, printed later by Igor Bakht.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Photographs
April 2, 2025
Lot 109
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Sally Mann
American · b. 1951

Sally Mann shares Woodman's use of black and white photography to explore the body in dreamlike, ethereal environments with a haunting atmospheric quality. Her work similarly blurs the boundary between the human figure and its surrounding landscape using experimental darkroom techniques.

Duane Michals
American · b. 1932

Duane Michals creates experimental black and white photographs with ghostlike, dissolving figures and a deeply conceptual, surreal mood that closely mirrors Woodman's ethereal presence in this piece. His work similarly treats the photographic medium as a tool for exploring invisible psychological and spiritual states.

Francesca Mollett
British · b. 1982

Francesca Mollett creates figurative works where the female form merges with natural and architectural surroundings in an ethereal, atmospheric manner that echoes Woodman's dissolving figures. Her dreamlike aesthetic and interest in the body as part of a larger environment aligns closely with the mood of this specific piece.
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