Peter Hujar
1934-1987
John Heys with Orange Breasts
1983
sheet: 20 x 16 inches; image: 14 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches
Gelatin silver print
Purchased on The Charina Endowment Fund.
2013.108:1.27
© The Peter Hujar Archive / Artists Rights Society (ARS)
Inscriptions/Markings
Verso: stamp, "The Estate of Peter Hujar, Stephen Koch Executor, Printed by the Artist"; stamp, "Copyright 1987, The Estate of Peter Hujar, Not to be Reproduced Without Written Permission from the Estate"; stamp, "From the Estate #"; signed in pencil, "Stephen Koch"; in pencil, "EPH221-1"; in pencil, "John Heys With Orange Breasts"; in pencil, "HUJ 200".
Provenance
Peter Hujar Archive, LLC., inventory number: EPH0221-1.
Summary
Full-length portrait of John Heys, crouching down and leaning back, supporting himself with his arms behind him, facing front. Taken in Hujar's studio.
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