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PETER HUJAR (1934-1987); Susan Sontag, 1975

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Gelatin silver print. Signed by Susan Sontag in ink in the margin and signed by the artist in ink on the verso. Inscribed in an unknown hand "Portrait taken in 1974, vintage print signed verso by Hujar, signed by Sontag in Berkeley 14 September 1992 (she was touched upon seeing this portrait again and remembered our meeting at Muhlenberg in 1974)" and "collection of Richard Lorenz" in pencil on the verso. 14 5/8 x 14 3/4 in. (37.4 x 37.5 cm.)

***Proveneance: Collection of Richard A. Lorenz Literature: Portraits in Life and Death, n.p.; Stahel and Visser, eds., Peter Hujar: A Retrospective, p. 79 Illustrated in the article "On Sontag: Essayist as Metaphor and Muse" by Holland Cotter, The New York Times, 18 August 2006. The article reviewed the Metropolitain Museum's exhibition On Photography: A Tribute to Susan Sontag and the caption reads "Peter Hujar's 1975 portrait of Susan Sontag is in the Metropolitan Museum's permanent collection.".

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