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Robert Mapplethorpe
Robert Sherman1979

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Black and white photograph of a nude man crouching on a dark wood floor, hand pressed to forehead, under sharp directional lighting that casts dramatic shadows
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Robert Sherman
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
1979
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 13/16 x 13 3/4 in. (35.1 x 35 cm) Sheet: 19 5/16 x 15 13/16 in. (49.1 x 40.1 cm) Mount: 19 5/16 x 15 13/16 in. (49.1 x 40.1 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.2016.152.176
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Martineau, Paul, and Britt Salvesen. Robert Mapplethorpe: The Photographs. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2016.
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

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