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.
![Black and white photograph of a distressed and litter ridden staircase](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/huj-157.jpg)
Peter Hujar, Ruined Staircase, Pier, 1983 / printed later
pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm], edition of 10
![Black-and-white photograph of a derelict interior with a muscular man painted on a wall beyond a doorway](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2001/04/huj-229-887x900.jpg)
Peter Hujar, Canal Street Piers: Painting of Strong Man, 1983
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a derelict interior with a man painted on the wall](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2001/04/huj-231-PH.0382-881x900.jpg)
Peter Hujar, Canal Street Piers: Man Painted on a Wall, 1983
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of three painted panels standing in a derelict tiled bathroom](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/EPH_5417-2-894x900.jpg)
Peter Hujar, Canal Street Pier, 1983
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of the view of crumbling walls through four meeting derelict doorways](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2001/04/huj-214-913x900.jpg)
Peter Hujar, Pier – Four Doors, 1981
gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a derelict interior with comic panels painted on the wall](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2001/04/huj-394-889x900.jpg)
Peter Hujar, Canal Street Piers: Krazy Kat Comic on Wall [by David Wojnarowicz], 1983 / printed later
pigment print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm], edition of 10
![Black and white photograph of a figure laying on ropes attached to a pier while looking directly at the viewer](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/huj-339.jpg)
Peter Hujar, Christopher Street Pier #5, 1983 / printed later
pigment print, 14-1/2 x 14-1/2 (image) [36.8 x 36.8 cm], edition of 10
![Black and white photograph of a distressed and litter ridden staircase](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/huj-157.jpg?fit=675%2C669&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Peter HujarRuined Staircase, Pier
1983 / printed later
pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm], edition of 10
![Black-and-white photograph of a derelict interior with a muscular man painted on a wall beyond a doorway](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2001/04/huj-229.jpg?fit=675%2C685&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Peter HujarCanal Street Piers: Painting of Strong Man
1983
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a derelict interior with a man painted on the wall](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2001/04/huj-231-PH.0382.jpg?fit=675%2C689&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Peter HujarCanal Street Piers: Man Painted on a Wall
1983
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of three painted panels standing in a derelict tiled bathroom](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/EPH_5417-2.jpg?fit=675%2C680&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Peter HujarCanal Street Pier
1983
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of the view of crumbling walls through four meeting derelict doorways](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2001/04/huj-214.jpg?fit=675%2C665&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Peter HujarPier – Four Doors
1981
gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a derelict interior with comic panels painted on the wall](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2001/04/huj-394.jpg?fit=675%2C684&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Peter HujarCanal Street Piers: Krazy Kat Comic on Wall [by David Wojnarowicz]
1983 / printed later
pigment print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm], edition of 10
![Black and white photograph of a figure laying on ropes attached to a pier while looking directly at the viewer](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/huj-339.jpg?fit=675%2C678&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Peter HujarChristopher Street Pier #5
1983 / printed later
pigment print, 14-1/2 x 14-1/2 (image) [36.8 x 36.8 cm], edition of 10