Peter Hujar

Lynn Davis
1985

A black and white photograph capturing a person with curly hair obscuring their face, holding sunglasses in one hand near their chin. The individual is wearing a light-colored shirt, and the lighting creates a dramatic contrast, highlighting the textures of their hair and shirt.

A black and white photograph capturing a person with curly hair obscuring their face, holding sunglasses in one hand near their chin. The individual is wearing a light-colored shirt, and the lighting creates a dramatic contrast, highlighting the textures of their hair and shirt.

Not on view

Date
1985

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 3/4 × 15 13/16in. (50.2 × 40.2 cm) Image: 14 9/16 × 14 3/4in. (37 × 37.5 cm)

Accession number
93.78

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

Rights and reproductions
© The Peter Hujar Archive

API
artworks/8415

Exhibitions

I, YOU, WE

Apr 25–Sept 1, 2013

Peter Hujar
41 works in the collection

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