Feb 15, 2024 - Sale 2659

Sale 2659 - Lot 139

Price Realized: $ 27,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
PETER HUJAR (1934-1987)
Fruit, for Elizabeth. Silver print, the image measuring 15x18¾ inches (38.1x47.6 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Hujar's signature and date in ink on verso. 1981

"Elizabeth" likely refers to Elizabeth Staahl, a friend of Hujar and his lover Steve Lawrence. The three collaborated in the late 1960s-early 1970s on a publication called Newspaper. Staahl was an illustrator, who worked on a number of zines during that period.