Peter Hujar

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Peter HujarAnimals

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.

Peter Hujar, Horse in Harness (I), 1969

gelatin silver 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 the face of a cow. — Diane Arbus, Backlit Cow, 1969

gelatin silver print, 16-3/4 x 13-7/8 inches (sheet) [42.5 x 35.1 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 a large white dog with black patches lying on the floor with front paws outstretched — Peter Hujar, Great Dane, 1981

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

Black-and-white photograph of three sheep in a field. — 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 two dogs with shaggy and curly coats lying on a hay bale — Peter Hujar, Two Dogs, Westtown, 1978

gelatin silver 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 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]

Black-and-white photograph of a black dog resting her head on her paws — Peter Hujar, Clarissa Dalrymple’s Dog, Kirsten, 1985

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

Peter HujarHorse in Harness (I)

1969

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

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Peter HujarWill: Char-Pei (I)

1985 / printed later

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

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Diane ArbusBacklit Cow

1969

gelatin silver print, 16-3/4 x 13-7/8 inches (sheet) [42.5 x 35.1 cm]

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Peter HujarColt with Mother, Italy

1975

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

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Peter HujarGreat Dane

1981

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

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Peter HujarSheep, Pennsylvania

1969 / printed later

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

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Peter HujarTwo Dogs, Westtown

1978

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

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Peter HujarHorse, Warwick, R.I.

1979

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

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Peter HujarButch and Buster

1978 / printed later

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

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Peter HujarClarissa Dalrymple’s Dog, Kirsten

1985

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

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Black-and-white photograph of city buildings lit up from inside standing above a parking lot

Peter HujarNight

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Peter HujarNight

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 two women peering out from a snow-covered tent filled with stacks of newspapers — Peter Hujar, Newsstand, 96 Street and Broadway, 1957

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

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 small care parked on a cobbled street below an overpass — Peter Hujar, Triumph, 1976 / printed later

pigment 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]

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 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]

Peter HujarNight Skyline and Parking Lots

1976

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

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Peter HujarSan Gennaro Street Fair at Dawn (I)

1976

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

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Peter HujarNewsstand, 96 Street and Broadway

1957

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

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Peter HujarNight, Downtown

1976 / printed later

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

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Peter HujarTriumph

1976 / printed later

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

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Peter HujarDrag Queen With Flower, Halloween

1980

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

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Peter HujarTrees with Flash, New Jersey

1975

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

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Peter HujarNo Parking

1976 / printed later

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

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Black-and-white photograph of a seated man with a mustache wearing only suspenders and jeans

Peter HujarPortraits

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Peter HujarPortraits

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 nighttime photograph of a man leaning on a car roof. — Peter Hujar, Richie, 1985

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 a seated nude man leaning forward to suck his big toe — Peter Hujar, Daniel Schook Sucking Toe, 1981 / printed later

pigment 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 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 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 an infant lying on his stomach on a blanketed surface — Peter Hujar, Baby John McClellan, 1981

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

Black-and-white photograph of two older men seated side-by-side with their hands in their laps — Peter Hujar, Merce Cunningham and John Cage Seated, 1986

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

Black-and-white horizontal photograph of a standing man wearing a jock strap. — Peter Hujar, Self-Portrait Standing, 1980 / printed later

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

Peter HujarNickey from Bloolips (II)

1980

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

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Peter HujarMadeline Kahn

1981

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

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Peter HujarDaniel Schook Sucking Toe

1981 / printed later

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

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Peter HujarDiana Vreeland (IV)

1975

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

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Peter HujarChuck Gretsch (with Cigar)

1981

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

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Peter HujarCockette Goldie Glitters

1971

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

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Peter HujarBaby John McClellan

1981

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

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Peter HujarMerce Cunningham and John Cage Seated

1986

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

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Peter HujarSelf-Portrait Standing

1980 / printed later

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Black-and-white photograph of a stepped high-rise building from below

Peter HujarCityscapes & Landscapes

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Peter HujarCityscapes & Landscapes

Studies of New York’s towering buildings, crumbling neighborhoods, and eerily beautiful landfills, and the meditative flow of rivers and seas.

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 a city skyline from a river under a cloudy sky — Peter Hujar, Lower Manhattan from the Harbor, 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 from below of a stepped building with rounded corners — Peter Hujar, Midtown: Banked Facade, 1976

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

Black-and-white photograph of city buildings and rooftops from a higher vantage point — Peter Hujar, New York Roofs From Above, 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, 1979

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]

Black-and-white photograph of city high-rise buildings along a waterfront with piers on the opposite shore — Peter Hujar, From the World Trade Center: The East River, 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]

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Peter HujarSurface of the Sea, Sperlonga

1963

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

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Peter HujarLower Manhattan from the Harbor

1976

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

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Peter HujarParked Car, Brooklyn

1976

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Peter HujarMidtown: Banked Facade

1976

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

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Peter HujarNew York Roofs From Above

1976

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

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Peter HujarView from the World Trade Center

1979

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

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Peter HujarWave, Jones Beach (I)

1979

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Peter HujarFrom the World Trade Center: The East River

1976

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

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Black-and-white photograph of preserved skeletons dressed in shrouds and gowns in two rows

Peter HujarCatacombs

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Peter HujarCatacombs

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

Black-and-white photograph of a preserved body with a patterned sash around its neck — Peter Hujar, Palermo Catacombs #9, 1963

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

Black-and-white photograph of a human skull peering out of a glass-fronted wooden box — Peter Hujar, Palermo Catacombs #8, 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 a preserved child's body propped up in a wooden alcove — Peter Hujar, Palermo Catacombs #6, 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 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 two preserved children's bodies propped up in a wooden compartment amid other bodies — Peter Hujar, Palermo Catacombs #7, 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 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 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 #11

1963

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

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Peter HujarPalermo Catacombs #9

1963

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

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Peter HujarPalermo Catacombs #8

1963

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

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Peter HujarPalermo Catacombs #2

1963

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

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Peter HujarPalermo Catacombs #6

1963

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

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Peter HujarPalermo Catacombs #13

1963

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

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Peter HujarPalermo Catacombs #5

1963

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

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Peter HujarPalermo Catacombs #7

1963

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

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Peter HujarPalermo Catacombs #4

1963

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

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Peter HujarPalermo Catacombs #10

1963

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

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Peter HujarPalermo Catacombs #12

1963

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

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

Peter HujarNudes

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Peter HujarNudes

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 reclining nude man on a bed — Peter Hujar, Nicolas Abdallah Moufarrege, Paris, 1980

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 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 shirtless man reclining on pillows — Peter Hujar, David Wojnarowicz, 1981 / printed later

pigment 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 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]

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 the photographer reclining in a bath — Peter Hujar, Self-Portrait in the Baths, 1975

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

Peter HujarGary Schneider in Contortion (II)

1979 / printed later

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

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Peter HujarSarah Jenkins with Skippy (II)

1985

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

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Peter HujarNicolas Abdallah Moufarrege, Paris

1980

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

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Peter HujarSeated Nude

1978

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

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Peter HujarLynn Davis, Nude with Pillow

1985

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

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Peter HujarEthyl Nude (III)

1978

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

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Peter HujarDavid Wojnarowicz

1981 / printed later

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

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Peter HujarRandy Gilberti

1981

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

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Peter HujarLynn Hodenfield Pregnant (I)

1978

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

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Peter HujarCarlos

1976

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

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Peter HujarSelf-Portrait in the Baths

1975

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

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Black-and-white photograph of a derelict interior with a muscular man painted on a wall beyond a doorway

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Peter HujarPiers

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.