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PETER HUJAR | ROBERT LEVITHAN AT REHOBOTH BEACH

Auction Closed

June 27, 03:32 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

PETER HUJAR

1934 - 1987

ROBERT LEVITHAN AT REHOBOTH BEACH

signed in ink on the reverse, framed, an Alexander and Bonin, New York, label on the reverse

gelatin silver print

14⅝ x 14¾ in.; 37.1 x 37.5 cm

1977.

Collection of the photographer

Private collection, acquired from the above

Thence by descent

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011

Robert Levithan (1951 - 2016) was an American writer, psychotherapist, expert on 'vital aging,' and AIDS/LGBTQ activist, as well as a co-producer for the first productions of Eve Ensler's 'The Vagina Monologues.' He was a group facilitator and counselor for several non-profit organizations, including Friends in Deed for 20 years, and co-founded The Healing Circle, a support group for individuals facing terminal illnesses. A long-term AIDS survivor himself (he was diagnosed with HIV in the early ‘80s), Levithan died of cancer in 2016.