AFTER DARK: Photography & The Male Form
Thu, Sep 24, 2026 07:00PM EDT
Lot 11
Tomás Gaspar (American, Contemporary)
Estimate: $300 - $500
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Businessman Masturbating, 1991.
Gelatin silver print.
Photographer's stamp on the verso, "Tomás Gaspar"; Titled and dated in graphite on the verso, "''Businessman Masturbating' - 1989".
Educator, photographer, and AIDS activist Tomás Gaspar studied under the mentorship of Nan Goldin and Patt Blu. Amongst other accomplishments he is known for his work in The Electric Blanket (1990), a documentarian and artistic project by the Visual AIDS Artists' Caucus, which also features the work of Nan Goldin, Peter Hujar, Robert Mapplethorpe, Brian Weil, Dona Ann McAdams, Ann Meredith, amongst many others.
11 x 14 in. (28 x 35.5 cm)
Condition
Nothing adverse to note.
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Provenance
Property of an American Museum.
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