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Robert Mapplethorpe
Emile1978

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Black and white portrait photograph, white man with round glasses and a short beard, hand raised to cheek, against an ornate white plaster molding
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Emile
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
1978
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 14 x 13 7/8 in. (35.5 x 35.3 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.2016.152.195
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

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