Photographs Signature Auction in New York

Featuring a selection of Hujar's black-and-white portraits acquired by Richard Avedon in the 1970s, the exhibition examines the photographer's idiomatic approach to portraiture that treated each photograph as a stand-alone object, capable of evoking complex emotions and expressions. The influence of Avedon's acclaimed Master Class, a weekly seminar taught by Avedon and art director Marvin Israel at Avedon's New York City studio and in which Hujar was enrolled in 1967, will also be examined (…)