PAUL THEK (AMERICAN PAINTER, SCULPTOR AND INSTALLATION ARTIST, 1933-1988) IN THE PALERMO CATACOMBS, 1962 OR '63. PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER HUJAR (WHO WAS, AT THE TIME, THEK'S LOVER).
THE YEAR AFTER HIS DEATH, SUSAN SONTAG DEDICATED HER BOOK, AIDS AND ITS METAPHORS, TO PAUL THEK'S MEMORY.
BELOW, AN EARLIER PICTURE OF PAUL THEK, 1957