Candy Darling on her Deathbed
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Title
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Candy Darling on her Deathbed
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Description
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Hujar’s portrait of Candy shows her in a hospital bed, surrounded by flowers, shortly before she died of cancer at the age of twenty-nine. A single rose lies on the bed by side and Candy adopts a vampish pose, her face heavily made up.
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Identifier
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PH_007
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Provenance
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The Abramson Collection. Gift of Stephen and Sandra Abramson.
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Date
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1973
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Format
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14 3/4 × 14 3/4 inches (37.5 × 37.5 cm)
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Coverage
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New York, NY
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Rights
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Copyright © 2020 The Peter Hujar Archive. All rights reserved.