2011.283: Gas Station

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2011.283

People

Peter Hujar, American (Trenton, NJ 1934 - 1987 New York, NY)

Title

Gas Station

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1976, printed later

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/337920

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Pigmented ink print

Technique

Pigment print

Dimensions

37.5 x 37.5 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: GAS STATION [over] 1976
• 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 0946 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

2011.283

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/27/2022 - 01/01/2023

Subjects and Contexts

• Analog Culture

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