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Francesca Woodman — House #4, Providence, Rhode Island
Francesca Woodman

House #4, Providence, Rhode Island

Francesca Woodman's "House #4, Providence, Rhode Island" is a gelatin silver print exemplifying her distinctive approach to figuration and domestic space through deliberately blurred and ethereal imagery. The photograph, printed posthumously by Igor Bakht from Woodman's original negative, captures her signature exploration of the body's relationship to architecture and materiality through soft focus and ghostlike presence. Created during her prolific but brief career in the late 1970s, the work reflects her interest in dissolving boundaries between figure and environment, abstraction and representation.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed later by Igor Bakht.

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April 2, 2025

Lot 107

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Francesca Woodman, House #4, Providence, Rhode Island

Francesca Woodman's "House #4, Providence, Rhode Island" is a gelatin silver print exemplifying her distinctive approach to figuration and domestic space through deliberately blurred and ethereal imagery. The photograph, printed posthumously by Igor Bakht from Woodman's original negative, captures her signature exploration of the body's relationship to architecture and materiality through soft focus and ghostlike presence. Created during her prolific but brief career in the late 1970s, the work reflects her interest in dissolving boundaries between figure and environment, abstraction and representation.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed later by Igor Bakht.
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Interior Spaces, Mysterious Mood, Black and White Photography, Gelatin Silver Print, Contemporary Photography, American Artist, Ethereal Aesthetic, Experimental Photography, Architectural subject matter

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