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Black and white photograph of a seated dog in the artists studio

Peter Hujar: Animals

To Hujar, who grew up on a farm, animals and people were of equal interest. His photographs of dogs, horses, and cows seem to convey a mutual recognition between photographer and subject, a sort of calm acknowledgement.

Black and white photograph of a dog up close in a studio — Peter Hujar, Face of a Dog [Clarissa Dalrymple’s Dog, Kirsten], 1984

pigment print, 19-7/8 x 15-7/8 inches (sheet) [50.5 x 40.3 cm]

Black and white photograph of three sheep on hill — Peter Hujar, Sheep, Pennsylvania, 1969 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a seated dog with a wrinkled face and coat — Peter Hujar, Will: Char-Pei (I), 1985 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a dark horse chewing on a wooden fencepost with a pasture in the background — Peter Hujar, Horse, Warwick, R.I., 1979

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black and white photograph of a shaggy haired cow outdoors — Peter Hujar, Shaggy Cow (I), 1985

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a foal in a harness following its mother's tail — Peter Hujar, Colt with Mother, Italy, 1975

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of two cows with white faces standing sideways with their heads turned to the viewer — Peter Hujar, Butch and Buster, 1978 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter Hujar, Horse, West Virginia, 1969 / printed 2010

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter Hujar, Cat in Snow, Germantown, 1982

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black and white photograph of a black dog — Peter Hujar, Clarissa Dalrymple’s Dog, Kirsten, 1984

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarBeauregard’s Dog Pilar

1983 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarSheep, Pennsylvania

1969 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarWill: Char-Pei (I)

1985 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarHorse, Warwick, R.I.

1979

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarShaggy Cow (I)

1985

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarColt with Mother, Italy

1975

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarButch and Buster

1978 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarHorse, West Virginia

1969 / printed 2010

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarCat in Snow, Germantown

1982

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarClarissa Dalrymple’s Dog, Kirsten

1984

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

A black and white photograph of two people in a car wearing hats and masks, one leans out of the window with a cigarette in their mouth, the other peers in the same direction from the steering wheel

Peter Hujar: Night

Hujar’s sometimes playful, often bleak photographs of New York after sunset show revelers of the nightlife and a decaying urban landscape, all wrapped in a velvety blackness broken only by street lamps, fluorescent building windows, and the camera’s flash.

Black-and-white photograph of an empty street with marquees and tinsel arches spanning the road — Peter Hujar, San Gennaro Street Fair at Dawn (I), 1976

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of thin bare trees lit up with a camera flash at night — Peter Hujar, Trees with Flash, New Jersey, 1975

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black and white photograph of the exterior of a gas station during early morning hours — Peter Hujar, Exxon Station, 1976

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black and white photograph of shirtless man dressed in flashy clothes sitting on car — Peter Hujar, Boy in Plastic Pants, 1978 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet)

Black-and-white photograph of city buildings with lighted windows above a glowing street — Peter Hujar, Night, Downtown, 1976 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a shuttered garage door painted with NO PARKING and single car parked in an adjacent driveway on a cobbled street — Peter Hujar, No Parking, 1976 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of city buildings lit up from inside standing above a parking lot — Peter Hujar, Night Skyline and Parking Lots, 1976

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black and white photograph of a person with curly hair, lipstick, and pearl necklace with a lily flower tucked behind one ear — Peter Hujar, Drag Queen With Flower, Halloween, 1980

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarBoys in Car, Halloween

1978 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarSan Gennaro Street Fair at Dawn (I)

1976

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarTrees with Flash, New Jersey

1975

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarExxon Station

1976

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarBoy in Plastic Pants

1978 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet)

Peter HujarNight, Downtown

1976 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarNo Parking

1976 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarNight Skyline and Parking Lots

1976

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarDrag Queen With Flower, Halloween

1980

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

All Portfolios

Black and white photograph of a female figure in a hospital bed wearing a full face of makeup and arms at their sides underneath white sheet

Peter Hujar: Portraits

The composed portraits of lovers, friends, and artists of New York’s Downtown milieu, often photographed in Hujar’s own loft, capture each sitter in an unrestrained moment of openness and connection.

Black and white photograph of a male figure with shaggy hair and eyes closed — Peter Hujar, Jim Fouratt, 1969

gelatin silver print, 16-3/4 x 13-7/8 inches (sheet)

Black and white photograph of a figure laying down in the middle of a forest — Peter Hujar, Paul Thek Lying Down in Forest, 1956 / printed 2011 by Gary Schneider

pigment print, 13-3/4 x 16-3/4 inches (sheet) [34.9 x 42.5 cm], edition of 10

Black-and-white photograph of Fran Lebowitz reclining on a couch. — Peter Hujar, Fran Lebowitz, 1975

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black and white photograph of two figures wearing hats standing side by side in front of painted wall — Peter Hujar, Don Mahoney and Peter Hujar Painting 189 Second Avenue, 1983

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a person with long wiry black hair and heavy jewelry and make up with one hand behind their head — Peter Hujar, Cockette Goldie Glitters, 1971

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black and white photograph of a shirtless male figure seating at the base of a tree and holding a snake — Peter Hujar, David Wojnarowicz with a Snake, 1981

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm] , edition of 10

Black and white photograph of a man smoking a cigar while lying down — Peter Hujar, Chuck Gretsch (with Cigar), 1981

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of an older woman in a black-and-white patterned jacket standing in front of pinned-back floral curtains — Peter Hujar, Diana Vreeland (IV), 1975

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black and white photograph of a slightly blurred male figure looking at the viewer — Peter Hujar, Paul Thek (II), 1975 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm], edition of 10

Black and white photograph of a male figure lounging in bed under sheets — Peter Hujar, Bill Elliot, 1974

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a woman with long curly hair in a dark wooly shawl seated sideways with her chin on her hand — Peter Hujar, Madeline Kahn, 1981

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black and white photograph of seated male figure in sunglasses and suit — Peter Hujar, Stevie Wonder at the Waldorf Astoria, New York (I), 1971

gelatin silver print, 16-3/4 x 13-3/4 inches (sheet) [42.5 x 34.9 cm]

Peter HujarCandy Darling on her Deathbed (II)

1973 / printed 2024

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm], edition of 10

Peter HujarJim Fouratt

1969

gelatin silver print, 16-3/4 x 13-7/8 inches (sheet)

Peter HujarPaul Thek Lying Down in Forest

1956 / printed 2011 by Gary Schneider

pigment print, 13-3/4 x 16-3/4 inches (sheet) [34.9 x 42.5 cm], edition of 10

Peter HujarFran Lebowitz

1975

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarDon Mahoney and Peter Hujar Painting 189 Second Avenue

1983

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarCockette Goldie Glitters

1971

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarDavid Wojnarowicz with a Snake

1981

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm] , edition of 10

Peter HujarChuck Gretsch (with Cigar)

1981

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarDiana Vreeland (IV)

1975

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarPaul Thek (II)

1975 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm], edition of 10

Peter HujarBill Elliot

1974

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarMadeline Kahn

1981

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarStevie Wonder at the Waldorf Astoria, New York (I)

1971

gelatin silver print, 16-3/4 x 13-3/4 inches (sheet) [42.5 x 34.9 cm]

Black and white photograph of ocean waves crashing onto the beach

Peter Hujar: Cityscapes & Landscapes

Studies of New York’s towering buildings, neighborhoods in transition, and the sea shoreline beyond the city limits.

Black-and-white photograph of a stepped high-rise building from below — Peter Hujar, Rockefeller Center, 1976

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a car parked on a cobbled street next to a brick building — Peter Hujar, Parked Car, Brooklyn, 1976

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black and white photograph of buildings in New York shot from the street — Peter Hujar, New York Downtown: Night, 1976

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a wave moving from left to right and the trail of white water following it — Peter Hujar, Surface of the Sea, Sperlonga, 1963

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black and white photograph of an abandoned car in a lot with trees and shrubs next to apartment building — Peter Hujar, Car, Brooklyn, 1976

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of two bridges spanning a river between two cityscapes — Peter Hujar, View from the World Trade Center, 1976

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of white water and a wave crashing on the seashore — Peter Hujar, Wave, Jones Beach (I), 1979

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarBeach, East Hampton, Christmas

1976

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarRockefeller Center

1976

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarParked Car, Brooklyn

1976

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarNew York Downtown: Night

1976

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarSurface of the Sea, Sperlonga

1963

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarCar, Brooklyn

1976

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarBuildings

1976

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarView from the World Trade Center

1976

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarWave, Jones Beach (I)

1979

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black and white photograph of a petrified human skeleton

Peter Hujar: Catacombs

The artist photographed the Palermo Catacombs during a 1963 trip to Italy with the painter Paul Thek. Hujar’s first monograph, Portraits in Life and Death published in 1976, juxtaposes these images with portraits of writers and artists from his own social circle.

Black and white photograph of a corpse with a skullcap inside a coffin — Peter Hujar, Palermo Catacombs #3 (Man with Skullcap), 1963

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of preserved shrouded bodies standing above wooden boxes containing children's preserved bodies — Peter Hujar, Palermo Catacombs #13, 1963

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a skull lying amid silk flowers in a glass case — Peter Hujar, Palermo Catacombs #2, 1963

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of preserved skeletons dressed in shrouds and gowns in two rows — Peter Hujar, Palermo Catacombs #11, 1963

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a skeleton in a lace dress lying in a glass-fronted box — Peter Hujar, Palermo Catacombs #5, 1963

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a preserved child's body lying in a glass-fronted wooden case with dried flowers — Peter Hujar, Palermo Catacombs #10, 1963

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a preserved child's body lying in a wooden compartment — Peter Hujar, Palermo Catacombs #4, 1963

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a hooded preserved body propped up amid other skeletons in compartments — Peter Hujar, Palermo Catacombs #12, 1963

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarPalermo Catacombs #1

1963 / printed 2024 by Gary Schneider

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm], edition of 10

Peter HujarPalermo Catacombs #3 (Man with Skullcap)

1963

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarPalermo Catacombs #13

1963

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarPalermo Catacombs #2

1963

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarPalermo Catacombs #11

1963

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarPalermo Catacombs #5

1963

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarPalermo Catacombs #10

1963

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarPalermo Catacombs #4

1963

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarPalermo Catacombs #12

1963

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a nude man with his ankle hooked over his neck, seen from the back.

Peter Hujar: Nudes

Remarkable for their subtle sensuality, Hujar’s nude portraits capture his subjects fully present, and open to the camera’s gaze. The images explore the unapologetic physicality of the body, mutual desire, and uninhibited pleasure.

Black-and-white photograph of a reclining nude woman with a python around her neck — Peter Hujar, Sarah Jenkins with Skippy (II), 1985

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black and white photograph of a seated nude man with an erection and his hands behind his back — Peter Hujar, Seated Nude, 1978

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a crouching nude man with his cheek on one hand — Peter Hujar, Randy Gilberti, 1981

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a seated nude woman holding a pillow on her lap — Peter Hujar, Lynn Davis, Nude with Pillow, 1985

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a standing nude man with his tattooed back to the viewer and his arms above his head — Peter Hujar, Ethyl Nude (III), 1978

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black and white photograph of a man stretching while nude — Peter Hujar, Ethyl Nude (I), 1979

gelatin silver print / printed by Peter Hujar, 22-3/4 x 22-3/4 inches (framed) [57.8 x 57.8 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a seated nude man with an erection bending backward in his chair — Peter Hujar, Carlos, 1976

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a pregnant nude woman reclining on a pile of pillows on a bed — Peter Hujar, Lynn Hodenfield Pregnant (I), 1978

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Triptych of black and white photographs of a nude figure in various poses — Peter Hujar, Bruce de Sainte Croix, 1976 / printed later

three pigment prints, 20 x 16 inches (each sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm], edition of 10

Peter HujarGary Schneider in Contortion (II)

1979 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm], edition of 10

Peter HujarSarah Jenkins with Skippy (II)

1985

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarSeated Nude

1978

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarRandy Gilberti

1981

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarLynn Davis, Nude with Pillow

1985

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarEthyl Nude (III)

1978

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarEthyl Nude (I)

1979

gelatin silver print / printed by Peter Hujar, 22-3/4 x 22-3/4 inches (framed) [57.8 x 57.8 cm]

Peter HujarCarlos

1976

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarLynn Hodenfield Pregnant (I)

1978

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarBruce de Sainte Croix

1976 / printed later

three pigment prints, 20 x 16 inches (each sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm], edition of 10

Black and white photograph of a distressed and litter ridden staircase

Peter Hujar: Piers

Christopher Street Piers were an important site of emerging gay cuture in the 1970s and 80s, and an inspired location for artists, who used the dilapidated structures as canvas or backdrop for their work.