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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.264
People
Peter Hujar, American (Trenton, NJ 1934 - 1987 New York, NY)
Title
Paul Thek, Oakleyville, Fire Island
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1967, printed 2010
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/337801

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pigmented ink print
Technique
Pigment print
Dimensions
31.6 x 47 cm (12 7/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Verso, bottom center, in graphite: THEK: OAKLEYVILLE, [over] FIRE ISLAND [over] 1967/2010
  • inscription: Verso, b.l., in graphite: Stephen Koch
  • stamp: Verso, bottom center, in blue ink: The Peter Hujar Archive LLC [over] Printed by Gary Schneider [over] From the original negative [over] All rights reserved
  • inscription: Verso, b.r., in graphite: Gary Schneider P1/2 [over] EPHS 1023 GSP-P1

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The Peter Hujar Archive, 2010, to; [Gary Schneider and John Erdman, New York] (2010-2011), gift/sale; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011. Note: Printed in collaboration with the artist or the artist's estate and retained by Schneider/Erdman per agreement.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Schneider/Erdman Printer's Proof Collection, partial gift, and partial purchase through the Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© The Peter Hujar Archive LLC / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.264
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pigmented ink print made from original color slide

Publication History

  • Paisid Aramphongphan, "An Artist in the Secular World: Paul Thek's Relics", University of Chicago Press and Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington D.C. and Chicago, 2021), Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 40-61, p. 46, fig. 5, ill. (color)

Subjects and Contexts

  • Analog Culture

Verification Level

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