David Lighting Up
<p>Peter Hujar, <em>David Lighting Up</em>, 1985. Gelatin silver print, sheet (sight): 14 13/16 × 14 7/8 in. (37.6 × 37.8 cm) Image (sight): 14 5/8 × 14 3/4 in. (37.1 × 37.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection 2024.284. © The Peter Hujar Archive / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1985
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Sheet (sight): 14 13/16 × 14 7/8 in. (37.6 × 37.8 cm) Image (sight): 14 5/8 × 14 3/4 in. (37.1 × 37.5 cm)
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- Peter Hujar
Artist
Photography
Peter Hujar was an American photographer best known for his black-and-white portraits. Hujar's work received only marginal public recognition during his lifetime, but he has since been recognized as a major American photographer of the 1970s and 1980s.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Peter Hujar
- Year
- 1985
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Sheet (sight): 14 13/16 × 14 7/8 in. (37.6 × 37.8 cm) Image (sight): 14 5/8 × 14 3/4 in. (37.1 × 37.5 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1985-175121
Source
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified