Peter Hujar - Eine Retrospektive ("A Retrospective", DJ, VERY FRESH COPY) - 1994

After the big success of the first two auctions, 5Uhr30.com (Ecki Heuser, Cologne) now proudly presents the third and last edition for this year of “Masters of Erotic Photobooks".
Enjoy another highly personal selection of books dedicated to eroticism in all its beautiful facets - drawn from my private library and from various acquisitions over the past years.

RARE OPPORTUNITY to purchase this VERY IMPRESSIVE MONOGRAPH from 1994 (!) by the highly underrated American photographer Peter Hujar (1934-1987), published by legendary publisher Scalo.

WITH ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET.

IN EXCELLENT, VERY FRESH AND FLAWLESS CONDITION.
COLLECTOR'S COPY.

Peter Hujar (1934-1987) was an American photographer, best known for his black and white portraits.
He has been recognized posthumously as "one of the major american photographers of the late twentieth century" and "among the greatest American photographers."
Rediscovered worldwide this year and honored and celebrated in several exhibitions.

5Uhr30.com guarantees detailed and accurate descriptions, 100% protection,
100% insurance and combined shipping worldwide.

Scalo, Zurich, Berlin, New York in cooperation with Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam and Fotomuseum Winterthur. 1994. First german edition, first printing.

Hardcover with dustjacket. 240 x 295 mm. 208 pages. Photos: Peter Hujar. Layout: Hans Werner Holzwarth, Design pur, Berlin. Edited by Urs Stahel and Hripsimé Visser. Foreword: Urs Stahel. Essays: Max Kozloff, Hripsimé Visser. Text: Jean-Christophe Ammann, Richard Brintzenhofe, Nan Goldin, Dieter Hall, Marvin Heiferman, John Heys, Fran Lebowitz, Robert Levithan, Gary Schneider, Ann Wilson. Translation from english into german: Miriam Wiesel. Text in German.

Condition:
Book and dustjacket in super fresh condition. No marks, no foxing, no remarkable flaws or defects. Slightest trace of use. Overall near mint, near perfect condition.

Fantastic photobook by Peter Hujar with the original dustjacket - in wonderful fresh and flawless condition.

"Peter Hujar, born 1934, died of AIDS in 1987, leaving behind a complex and profound body of photographs. Hujar was a leading figure in the group of artists, musicians, writers, and performers at the forefront of the cultural scene in downtown New York in the 1970s and early 80s, and he was enormously admired for his completely uncompromising attitude towards work and life. He was a consummate technician, and his portraits of people, animals, and landscapes, with their exquisite black-and-white tonalities, were extremely influential. Highly emotional yet stripped of excess, Hujar’s photographs are always beautiful, although rarely in a conventional way. His extraordinary first book, Portraits in Life and Death, with an introduction by Susan Sontag, was published in 1976, but his “difficult” personality and refusal to pander to the marketplace insured that it was one of the last publications during his lifetime."
(The Peter Hujar Archive)