Object number2001.8.2

Lavinia Co-op

Date1980

Artist Peter Hujar (American, 1934-1987)

CultureAmerican

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 14 9/16 x 14 9/16 in. (37 x 37 cm)
Sheet: 20 1/16 x 24 in. (51 x 61 cm)
Matted: 27 7/8 x 22 in. (70.8 x 55.9 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, Advisory Council for Photography

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

SignedOn verso, signed lower right in ink: Peter Hujar

InscribedOn verso, by artist, lower left in ink: LAVINIA CO-OP 1980; by unidentified hand, upper right corner in pencil: 13; lower right corner: JD65108; lower right edge: FLLAC 2001.8.2

BibliographyHistories of Photography. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, 2003, p. 4 Kwinter, Taia. Peter Hujar: Speed of Life. New York: Aperture, 2017, p. 161, pl. 100, repr. ProvenancePurchase, Advisory Council for Photography

Vassar Exhibitions

Seeing and Being Seen: Photography from the Loeb in Honor of the First Vassar Pride

Exhibition HistoryHistories of Photography, Frances Lehman Loeb Arts Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, July 5 - September 21, 2003;

Peter Hujar: Speed of Life, MAPFRE, Barcelona, Spain, January 26 - May 20, 2017;

Seeing and Being Seen: Photography from the Loeb in Honor of the First Vassar Pride, Frances Lehman Loeb Arts Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 8 - August 28, 2022
DescriptionPrinted on Agfa paper. Image of a drag performer without makeup and a ponytail on the side of her head with her arms crossed around the back of a chair and resting the side of her face on the back of her hand

Terms

female

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