Edwin Denby (I)
Artist
Peter Hujar
(American, 1934 - 1987)
Date1975
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 11/16 × 14 3/4 inches (37.31 × 37.47 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 inches (50.48 × 40.32 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 inches (50.48 × 40.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.115
SignedOn sheet verso, lower left, black stamp: "THE ESTATE OF PETER HUJAR / STEPHEN KOCH, EXECUTOR / PRINTED BY THE ARTIST";
On sheet verso, bottom, black stamp with pencil: "COPYRIGHT 1975 / THE ESTATE OF PETER HUJAR / NOT TO BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM / WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM / THE ESTATE";
Signed on sheet verso lower right, in pencil: "Stephen Koch".
InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "EDWIN DENBY / 1975"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "HUJ.324.1";
On sheet verso, lower right, black stamp with pencil: "FROM THE ESTATE #662" / "EPH108-2" / "JDG5147".
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DescriptionImage of a bearded man seated against a pillow and striped bedding with eyes closed.Gallery LabelThis portrait of poet and essayist Edwin Denby is at once gentle and confrontational, suggesting the mystery and weight of life. Hujar’s mature work came out of the political turmoil and sexual revolution of the 1970s and 1980s in New York. The result is a remarkable body of work, at once poetic, gritty, and technically refined. Long relegated to the margins of photographic history, Hujar is now recognized as a key figure in the photography scene of this era.
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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