Aug 19, 2021 - Sale 2578

Sale 2578 - Lot 108

Price Realized: $ 1,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

PETER BERLIN (b.1942)


Collage #1, (Double Self Portrait).
Collage composed of gelatin silver prints and printed paper. Signed, Peter Berlin, lower right. 241x178 mm; 9 1/2x7 inches.

Provenance: The artist; [Leslie/Lohman Gallery, New York].

Exhibited: Leslie/Lohman Gallery, New York, Berlin on Berlin: Photographs and Paintings of Peter Berlin by Peter Berlin, January 10 - February 25, 2006.

Born, Baron Armin Freiherr von Hoyningen-Huene, German photographer, film maker, designer Peter Berlin is a pioneer in the queer fine art culture of film and photography. Exploiting his own beauty, Berlin depicts himself in most of his works. This lot of collaged elements including photographs of himself evokes the theme of Narcissus.