Zachy and Gamal Sherif (Twins)

1985

Peter Hujar

Associated Names
Peter Hujar

Artist, American, 1934 - 1987

The image shows two men positioned closely next to each other. The man on the left has his arm wrapped around the shoulder of the man on the right. Both men have short, curly dark hair and angular facial features. The man on the left wears a dark sweater, while the man on the right is dressed in a light-colored button-up shirt. They each have their eyes closed or partially closed. The man on the right wears a bracelet on his left wrist and both appear to be holding cigarettes. Their hands are intertwined. The background is plain and softly lit.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    image: 37.2 × 37.4 cm (14 5/8 × 14 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 50.4 × 40.2 cm (19 13/16 × 15 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.180.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Peter Hujar Archive, New York; NGA purchase (through Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco), 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by artist?, lower center in graphite: SHAREEF [sic] TWINS / 1985; estate stamp, lower left corner in black ink: THE ESTATE OF PETER HUJAR / STEPHEN KOCH, EXECUTOR / PRINTED BY THE ARTIST; copyright stamp, bottom center in black ink: COPYRIGHT 1987 / THE ESTATE OF PETER HUJAR / NOT TO BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM / WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM / THE ESTATE; estate stamp, lower right corner in black ink: FROM THE ESTATE #; by Stephen Koch, lower right in graphite: Stephen Koch; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: EPH0074 / PH.0513.Y

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