Peter Hujar

Palermo Catacombs #11, Rows of Bodies
1963

A black and white photograph displaying a collection of mummified bodies dressed in decayed clothing, positioned upright against a wall with shelves containing more bodies in the background.

A black and white photograph displaying a collection of mummified bodies dressed in decayed clothing, positioned upright against a wall with shelves containing more bodies in the background.

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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 1/2 × 15 1/4in. (39.4 × 38.7 cm)

Accession number
2011.31

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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Peter Hujar
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