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Robert Mapplethorpe
Patti Smith1975, printed 1995

Not on view
Black and white portrait photograph, white woman from the hips up, dark tousled hair, open white shirt with suspenders, dark blazer slung over one shoulder, soft diffused lighting
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Patti Smith
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
1975, printed 1995
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 14 1/8 × 14 in. (35.88 × 35.56 cm) Primary support: 19 15/16 × 15 13/16 in. (50.64 × 40.16 cm) Secondary support: 19 15/16 × 15 13/16 in. (50.64 × 40.16 cm) Frame: 25 1/4 × 24 1/4 in. (64.14 × 61.6 cm)
Credit Line
Jointly acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The J. Paul Getty Trust. Partial gift of The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation; partial purchase with funds provided by The J. Paul Getty Trust and the David Geffen Foundation.
Accession Number
M.2011.30.1
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Martineau, Paul, and Britt Salvesen. Robert Mapplethorpe: The Photographs. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2016.