Peter Hujar

Gary
1979

A black and white photograph of a person in a contorted pose with their back and buttocks facing the camera, one leg extended upward with the foot flexed, and the other leg supporting the body from underneath. The person's head and arms are not visible in the frame, creating an abstract and sculptural effect. The background is a plain wall with a wooden floor, and the photo has a white border.

A black and white photograph of a person in a contorted pose with their back and buttocks facing the camera, one leg extended upward with the foot flexed, and the other leg supporting the body from underneath. The person's head and arms are not visible in the frame, creating an abstract and sculptural effect. The background is a plain wall with a wooden floor, and the photo has a white border.

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Date
1979

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 13/16 × 15 13/16in. (50.3 × 40.2 cm) Image: 14 11/16 × 14 11/16in. (37.3 × 37.3 cm)

Accession number
93.79

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/8416

Exhibitions

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017

Peter Hujar
41 works in the collection

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