Several mummified corpses dressed in old clothing stand and sit displayed in a dim crypt.

Photographs

Palermo Catacombs #11, Rows of Bodies

1963

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Sheet: 20 × 15 7/8 in. (50.8 × 40.3 cm) Image: 15 1/2 × 15 1/4 in. (39.4 × 38.7 cm)
Accession number
2011.31
Acquired
2011
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee
Reproduction credit
© 1987 The Peter Hujar Archive
Department
collection

About this work

Peter Hujar, Palermo Catacombs #11, Rows of Bodies, 1963. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 20 × 15 7/8 in. (50.8 × 40.3 cm) Image: 15 1/2 × 15 1/4 in. (39.4 × 38.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 2011.31. © 1987 The Peter Hujar Archive

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