Nan Goldin (born 1953) 'Geno in the Lake, Bavaria, Germany'

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SHIRLEY ROSS DAVIS
Nan Goldin (born 1953)
'Geno in the Lake, Bavaria, Germany', 1994
Dye destruction print; flush-mounted, signed, titled, dated, and numbered '1/25' in ink on the reverse, framed, a Fraenkel Gallery label on the reverse.
27 1/4 x 40 in. (69.2 x 101.6 cm.)
Provenance
Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, 1995

Note
Nan Goldin's highly personal, diaristic photographs chronicle her life and relationships, each image granting access to a moment of intimacy. The uninhibited, pastoral scene documented in Geno in the Lake is rendered in the rich hues and deep tonality for which Goldin is known. Geno appears in several images by Goldin, but in this particular work she is identifiable only by the title. The bird's-eye view of her nude body descending into the water recalls wide-ranging art historical references, such as Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, Rembrandt's A Woman Bathing by a Stream, or Degas's many images of bathing women.