PLease note that although the edition is numbered '22/50', Hujar often used fictitious numbers when editioning work. According to the Hujar Estate, it held only nine 16 x 20in. prints of this work at the time of his death in 1987. The Estate Executor estimates that Hujar probably made a maximum of 20 images in this size.

PETER HUJAR (1934-1987)

Candy Darling, 1979

Details

PETER HUJAR (1934-1987)
Candy Darling, 1979
gelatin silver print, printed later
signed, titled, dated and numbered '22/50' in ink (on the verso)
14 5/8 x 14 5/8in. (37.2 x 37.2cm.)

Provenance

From the artist;
to the present owner

Literature

Scalo, Peter Hujar, pl. 183

Sale room notice

Please note that although the print is numbered '22/50', Hujar often employed fictitious numbers when editioning work. At the time of his death in 1987, there were nine 16 x 20 prints of this image in his Estate. His Executor has estimated that Hujar probably only made a maximum of 20 prints of this image in this size. A copy of a letter from the Hujar Estate to this effect is available on request.

Lot Essay

Peter Hujar was born in Trenton, New Jersey and moved to New York in 1946. After studying with Lisette Model, he worked first as a fashion photographer the opened his own studio in the 1960s. A noted portraitist, Hujar photographed a variety of often controversial personalities, including his lover David Wojnarowicz (lot 356), the drag artist Candy Darling (lot 175) and Chlöe Finch (lot 346), the last two are examples of his finest work. His extensive animal imagery - as in the case of the 'Electric Cow' (lot 347) - were often regarded by Hujar as 'self-portraits' and worthy of as much consideration as his human sitters.

Another casualty of the AIDS virus, Hujar described his distinctive style as: '...not approaching the situation beforehand with a particular idea, but letting the situation unfold. What gets into the picture depends on what's going on at the time.'

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