Peter Hujar , David Wojnarowcz Reclining (2) , 1981, gelatin silver print.
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Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “Peter Hujar: Speed of Life” is on view at Fundacion MAPFRE in Barcelona through Sunday, April 30. The exhibition, which will travel to the Morgan Library in New York next year, is the artist’s first in-depth retrospective, tracing his career from the mid-1950s until his death in 1987 of AIDS-related causes.
Peter Hujar, Self-Portrait Jumping (1) , 1974, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM, THE PETER HUJAR COLLECTION
Peter Hujar, Chloe Finch , 1981, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM, THE PETER HUJAR COLLECTION
Peter Hujar, Horse in West Virginia Mountains , 1969, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/RICHARD AND RONAY MENSCHEL COLLECTION
Peter Hujar, Boy on Raft , 1978, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM, THE PETER HUJAR COLLECTION
Peter Hujar, La Marchesa Fioravanti , 1958, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/THE PETER HUJAR COLLECTION, LLC
Peter Hujar, New York: Sixth Avenue (1) , 1976, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM, THE PETER HUJAR COLLECTION
Peter Hujar, Candy Darling on Her Deathbed , 1973, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/RICHARD AND RONAY MENSCHEL COLLECTION
Peter Hujar, Susan Sontag , 1975, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM, THE PETER HUJAR COLLECTION
Peter Hujar, Stromboli , 1963, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM, THE PETER HUJAR COLLECTION
Peter Hujar, David Wojnarowcz Reclining (2) , 1981, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM, THE PETER HUJAR COLLECTION
Peter Hujar, John McClellan , 1981, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM, THE PETER HUJAR COLLECTION
Peter Hujar, Gary in Contortion (1) , 1979, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM, THE PETER HUJAR COLLECTION
Peter Hujar, Steel Ruins 13 , 1976, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM, THE PETER HUJAR COLLECTION
Peter Hujar, Ethyl Eichelberger as Minnie the Maid , 1981, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM, THE PETER HUJAR COLLECTION
Peter Hujar, Butch and Buster , 1978, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/COLLECTION OF JOHN ERDMAN AND GARY SCHNEIDER
Peter Hujar, St. Patrick’s, Easter Sunday , 1976, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM, THE PETER HUJAR COLLECTION
Peter Hujar, Palermo Catacombs (11) , 1963, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/COLLECTION OF ALLEN ADLER AND FRANCES BEATTY ADLER
Peter Hujar, Peggy Lee , 1974, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC
Peter Hujar, Mural at Piers , 1983, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC
Peter Hujar, Hudson River , 1975, gelatin silver print. ©THE PETER HUJAR ARCHIVE, LLC/COURTESY PACE/MACGILL GALLERY, NEW YORK AND FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO/THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM, THE PETER HUJAR COLLECTION