Marcuse "Cusie" Pfeifer (November 4, 1936 – July 17, 2020) was an American gallerist.
Pfeifer was an important figure 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,[1] 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".