Horse in West Virginia Mountains, 1969

Hujar's animal portraits are viewed, by so many accounts, as extensions of his portraiture. The year this image was made, 1969, marks the first time that Hujar focused on his animal portraits in earnest. In the present lot, light sensitively transitions from dark to light as the eye moves up the image and back through pictorial space. This very rare print is made even more so by the fact that it is signed by the artist, a practice that lacks consistency in the artist's work.