Peter Hujar

Ethyl Eichelberger as Nefertiti, Standing
1979

A black and white photograph of a person in profile wearing a long black dress and an ornate, tall headpiece with a ribbon hanging down the back. The person is standing barefoot, with one arm extended gracefully and the head tilted upwards, against a plain background.
A black and white photograph of a person in profile wearing a long black dress and an ornate, tall headpiece with a ribbon hanging down the back. The person is standing barefoot, with one arm extended gracefully and the head tilted upwards, against a plain background.

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Date
1979

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 17 × 15 3/4in. (43.2 × 40 cm) Image: 14 3/4 × 14 11/16in. (37.5 × 37.3 cm)

Accession number
2006.286

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Frances Cohen and Stephen Koch

Rights and reproductions
© The Peter Hujar Archive

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