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Robert Mapplethorpe
Helmut1978

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Black and white portrait photograph, man from the chest up in a leather motorcycle jacket, face turned away from camera, lit from the left with soft shadow on wall behind

Robert Mapplethorpe, Helmut, 1978, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and to The J. Paul Getty Trust

Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Helmut
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
1978
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 14 x 13 15/16 in. (35.5 x 35.4 cm) Sheet: 19 7/8 x 15 15/16 in. (50.5 x 40.5 cm) Mount: 19 7/8 x 15 15/16 in. (50.5 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.2016.152.159
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

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