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£27,940
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£12,000
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£18,000
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PHOTOGRAPHS
ARTIST
Peter Hujar
Size
37 x 37 cm (14 5/8 x 14 5/8 in.)
Description
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SWITZERLAND
Another print of this eye-catching image is held in the permanent collections of Tate, London; The Met, New York; The Whitney, New York; The Morgan Library & Museum, New York; and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
Medium
Archival pigment print, printed later by Gary Schneider.
Signature
Signed, titled, dated, numbered 10/10 by Stephen Koch, Executor, additionally signed by Gary Schneider in pencil and 'The Peter Hujar Archive LLC, Printed by Gary Schneider' reproduction limitation stamp on the verso.
Provenance
Pace, New York
Literature
Peter Hujar: A Retrospective, Zurich: Scalo, 1994, p. 79
Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture, Brooklyn Museum, Washington D.C.: Smithsonian, 2011, p. 7
Exhibited
Peter Hujar, MoMA, New York, 23 October 2005 - 10 April 2006, another
On Photography: A Tribute to Susan Sontag, The Met, New York, 6 June - 4 September 2006, another
HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture, Brooklyn Museum, New York, 18 November 2011 - 12 February 2012, another
Peter Hujar: Speed of Life, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 26 January - 20 May 2018, another
Camp: Notes on Fashion, The Met, New York, 9 May - 8 September 2019, another
Peter Hujar: Speed of Life, Jeu de Paume, Paris, 15 October 2019 - 19 January 2020, another