| Marcuse Pfeifer | |
| Birth Date: | 4 November 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Kingston, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Gallerist |
Marcuse "Cusie" Pfeifer (November 4, 1936 – July 17, 2020) was an American gallerist. Pfeifer was an important person in recognition of photography as a fine art, founding member and art exhibition director of the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center in Kingston, New York, and a supporter of the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art.[1] She opened the Marcuse Pfeifer Gallery on Madison Avenue in 1976, and later moved to 568 Broadway.[2] She helped people, including Sally Mann, Peter Hujar, and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders to launch their careers as contemporary photographers.[3] In 1978, she curated a show of male nudes, with work by Robert Maplethorpe, Lynn Davis and Peter Hujar, prompting The New York Times reviewer to call for a return to "old-fashioned prudery".[4] [5]
Pfeifer died on July 17, 2020, at age 83.[3]