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Robert Mapplethorpe
Tom of Finlandnegative 1978, printed 2006

Not on view
Black and white portrait photograph, older man facing camera directly, gray mustache, wearing a black crew-neck top, against a pale textured wall
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Tom of Finland
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
negative 1978, printed 2006
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 3/4 x 13 13/16 in. (35 x 35.1 cm) Sheet: 19 13/16 x 15 15/16 in. (50.3 x 40.5 cm) Mount: 19 13/16 x 15 15/16 in. (50.3 x 40.5 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.2016.152.98
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation