Peter Hujar - Photographs London Friday, May 19, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Pace, New York

  • 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

  • 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

  • Catalogue Essay

    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.

Property from a Private Collection, Switzerland

27

Susan Sontag

1975
Archival pigment print, printed later by Gary Schneider.
37 x 37 cm (14 5/8 x 14 5/8 in.)
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.

Estimate
£12,000 - 18,000 

Sold for £27,940

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London Auction 19 May 2023