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Robert Mapplethorpe
Bread1979

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Black and white photograph of a torn round bread loaf on a reflective surface, with directional light from the upper left casting a triangular shadow across a gray background
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Bread
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
1979
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 5/8 x 13 3/4 in. (34.6 x 34.9 cm) Sheet: 19 13/16 x 15 13/16 in. (50.3 x 40.1 cm) Mount: 19 13/16 x 15 13/16 in. (50.3 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.2016.152.215
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

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