Greer Lankton's Legs
<p>Hujar’s representation of artist Greer Lankton’s legs evokes tropes of feminine glamor and imagery such as fashion photographs and pin-ups, while also recalling the fragmentation of the body Lankton effected in her sculptures.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1983
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 37.5 × 37.5 cm (14 13/16 × 14 13/16 in.); paper: 50.9 × 40.5 cm (20 1/16 × 16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Peter Hujar
Artist
Photography
Peter Hujar was an American photographer best known for his black-and-white portraits. Hujar's work received only marginal public recognition during his lifetime, but he has since been recognized as a major American photographer of the 1970s and 1980s.
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- Peter Hujar
- Year
- 1983
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 37.5 × 37.5 cm (14 13/16 × 14 13/16 in.); paper: 50.9 × 40.5 cm (20 1/16 × 16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1983-116208
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified