Peter Hujar

Palermo Catacombs #8, Skull in Window
1963

A black and white photograph depicting a weathered wooden frame with a square opening, inside of which is a skull partially obscured by shadows. The texture of the wood is rough and peeling, and the overall tone of the image is dark and moody.

A black and white photograph depicting a weathered wooden frame with a square opening, inside of which is a skull partially obscured by shadows. The texture of the wood is rough and peeling, and the overall tone of the image is dark and moody.

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Date
1963

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 20 × 15 7/8in. (50.8 × 40.3 cm) Image: 15 9/16 × 15 3/8in. (39.5 × 39.1 cm)

Accession number
2011.30

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© 1987 The Peter Hujar Archive

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