Greer Lankton's Legs
Peter Hujar
1983
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 37.5 × 37.5 cm (14 13/16 × 14 13/16 in.); paper: 50.9 × 40.5 cm (20 1/16 × 16 in.)
- Genre
- Photography
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
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About
Hujar’s representation of artist Greer Lankton’s legs evokes tropes of feminine glamor and imagery such as fashion photographs and pin-ups, while also recalling the fragmentation of the body Lankton effected in her sculptures.
