Object number2003.47.2

Skippy on a Chair (I)

Date1985

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

InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hand, lower center in pencil: Skippy on a Chair (I) / 1985; by Stephen Koch, Executor, lower right within estate # stamp in pencil: Stephen Koch / EPH 1192A-3; by unidentified hand, lower center edge in pencil: FLLAC2003.47.2

MarkingsOn verso, stamped lower right corner: FROM THE ESTATE #; stamped lower center: COPYRIGHT 19[87 in pencil] / THE ESTATE OF PETER HUJAR / NOT TO BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM / WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM / THE ESTATE; stamped lower left: THE ESTATE OF PETER HUJAR / STEPHEN KOCH EXECUTOR / PRINTED BY THE ARTIST

BibliographyKwinter, Taia. Peter Hujar: Speed of Life. New York: Aperture, 2017, p. 197, pl. 133 EPH 1192A-3 (Estate of Peter Hujar)ProvenanceGift of Stephen Koch

Vassar Exhibitions

The Hairy Leg Or What To Do Wrong: Judy Linn Selects Photographs from the Loeb

Exhibition HistoryPeter Hujar: Speed of Life, MAPFRE, Barcelona, Spain, January 26 - May 20, 2017; Fotomuseum, The Hague, Netherlands, July 1 - October 15, 2017; The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, NY, January 26 - May 20, 2018; Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, July 7 - November 18, 2018;

The Hairy Leg Or What To Do Wrong, Artist’s Choice: Judy Linn Selects Photographs from the Loeb, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 8–September 24, 2023
DescriptionA snake twined around an armless chair sits in front of a plain wall as its shadow is cast on the floor below

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