Joel Peter Witkin, Still Life, Marseilles, 1992. Image 2009 Christie's Ltd

gelatin silver print - signed, titled, dated and numbered '5/12' in pencil (on the verso) 26 1/8 x 32in. (66.2 x 81cm.) Price Realized $21,250

Joel Peter Witkin, The Eggs of My Amnesia, Rome, 1996. Image 2009 Christie's Ltd

gelatin silver print - signed, titled, dated and numbered '7/12' in pencil (on the verso) 32¼ x 28¾in. (81.9 x 73cm.) Price Realized $8,750

Joel Peter Witkin, Costumed Inmate, Insane Asylum, Budapest, 1993. Image 2009 Christie's Ltd

gelatin silver print - signed, titled, dated and numbered '5/12' in pencil (on the verso) 31 3/8 x 25½in. (79.7 x 64.8cm.) Price Realized $8,125

Provenance: With Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

Christie's. Photographs. 7 December 2009. New York, Rockefeller Plaza www.christies.com