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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.276
People
Peter Hujar, American (Trenton, NJ 1934 - 1987 New York, NY)
Title
Cow with Straw in Its Mouth
Other Titles
Former Title: Cow with a Straw in Its Mouth
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1978, printed 2010
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/337913

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pigmented ink print
Technique
Pigment print
Dimensions
37.4 x 37.4 cm (14 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
sheet: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Verso, bottom center, in graphite: COW WITH A STRAW IN ITS MOUTH [over] 1978
  • 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: Proof 1/2 [over] Gary Schneider [over] EPH 5599 GSP

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The Peter Hujar Archive, 2009-2010, to; [Gary Schneider and John Erdman, New York] (2009/2010-2011), 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
2011.276
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jennifer Quick, ed., Analog Culture: Printer’s Proofs from the Schneider/Erdman Photography Lab, 1981–2001, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2018), p. 41, fig. 2, ill. (color)

Subjects and Contexts

  • Analog Culture

Verification Level

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