Artist Database

From Albert Adams to Portia Zvavahera, the Strauss & Co artist database includes every modern and contemporary artist sold at auction since 2009. Find an artist by name to explore their full auction history. Every work is listed across painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, ceramics or new media, with aggregated price data useful to collectors.

Spanning South African and international visual artists, the database features famous artists such as William Kentridge, JH Pierneef, Alexis Preller and Irma Stern, each with detailed biographies and complete auction records.


Top artists      Artists index
Value your Art?Do you know the value of your Joel-Peter Witkin?

Joel-Peter Witkin

American 1939- 

Joel-Peter Witkin, born in 1939, in Brooklyn, NY, is an American photographer. He earned a BFA (1974) from Cooper Union School of Fine Art in New York City and an MA (1976) and MFA (1981) from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. His career began with unconventional subjects, including freak shows and combat photography in Vietnam. He later became known for his exploration of marginalized groups and death's beauty, inspired by traumatic childhood experiences and spiritual inquiries.

Influenced by earlier photographers like Henry Peach Robinson and Oscar Gustave Rejlander, Witkin creates elaborate scenes featuring cadavers, hermaphrodites, and dwarfs, blending literary, religious, and art historical references. Witkin’s work has been exhibited globally, including at MoMA in New York City, the Getty in Los Angeles, and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. Witkin resides in Albuquerque, NM.

We have not offered any works by Joel-Peter Witkin at auction

Please contact us if you have any further enquiries.