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Robert Mapplethorpe
Don Bachardy1979

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Black and white portrait photograph, a man with swept-back blonde hair in a dark crewneck sweater, arms crossed, looking back over his shoulder at the camera, with a strong directional shadow cast on the wall behind him

Robert Mapplethorpe, Don Bachardy, 1979, 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
Don Bachardy
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
1979
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 7/8 x 13 7/8 in. (35.3 x 35.2 cm) Sheet: 19 13/16 x 15 7/8 in. (50.3 x 40.3 cm) Mount: 19 13/16 x 15 7/8 in. (50.3 x 40.3 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.2016.152.217
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

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