Peter Hujar
1934-1987
Lynn Davis on the Beach for Dianne B.
1986
sheet: 14 x 11 inches; image: 9 1/2 x 7 inches
Gelatin silver print.
Gift of Stephen Koch.
2022.219
Inscriptions/Markings
Verso: in pencil, "PEGGY LYMAN FOR DIANNE B / 1981"; stamp, bottom left, "THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE LLC / STEPHEN KOCH, DIRECTOR / PRINTED BY THE ARTIST"; stamp, bottom center, "Copyright 1981 / The Peter Hujar Archive, LLC / All rights reserved"; stamp, bottom left, "FROM THE ESTATE #" in pencil, "EPH 5028-1"; signed in pencil, "Stephen Koch"
Provenance
Peter Hujar Archive, LLC., inventory number: EPH5024-1.
Summary
Full-length portrait of Lynn Davis reclining against rocks on the beach, with both knees bent toward the left and hands clasped in front of her stomach. A tall shadow of Hujar taking the photograph shades her face and left shoulder.
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