Object number2003.47.3

New York: Sixth Avenue (1)

Date1976

Artist Peter Hujar (American, 1934-1987)

CultureAmerican

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 14 9/16 x 14 15/16 in. (37 x 38 cm)
Sheet: 20 1/16 x 16 1/8 in. (51 x 41 cm)
Matted: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Stephen Koch

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

SignedOn verso, lower right in pencil: PETER HUJAR

InscribedOn verso, by artist, lower right in pencil: N.Y. 6TH AVE / SERIES # 11; by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: EPH 973-1

BibliographyKwinter, Taia. Peter Hujar: Speed of Life. New York: Aperture, 2017, p. 76, pl. 22 EPH 973-3 (Estate of Peter Hujar)ProvenanceGift of Stephen Koch

Vassar Exhibitions

Framing Space: Photography and Architecture

Naked City: Photographs from Vassar College's Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

Exhibition HistoryNaked City: Photographs from Vassar College’s Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, FL, November 18, 2010 - January 29, 2011;

Peter Hujar: Speed of Life, MAPFRE, Barcelona, Spain, January 26 - May 20, 2017
DescriptionStreet view angled upwards showing only skyscrapers flanking either side of a strip of sky at center

Terms

New York

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