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Robert Mapplethorpe
Pictures / Self-Portraitnegative 1977, printed 1999

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Black and white photograph of a hand in a striped sleeve writing the word "Pictures" in cursive on a small white card held against a gray wall
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Pictures / Self-Portrait
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
negative 1977, printed 1999
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 11/16 x 13 3/4 in. (34.8 x 34.9 cm) Sheet: 19 7/8 x 15 13/16 in. (50.5 x 40.2 cm) Mount: 19 7/8 x 15 13/16 in. (50.5 x 40.2 cm) Framed: 25 1/4 x 24 1/4 in. (64.1 x 61.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and to The J. Paul Getty Trust
Accession Number
M.2016.152.48
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation