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Robert Mapplethorpe
Sal1979

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Black and white full-length portrait photograph, a man seated on a metal stool holding a small human skull, wearing a leather vest over an open-collared white shirt and jeans

Robert Mapplethorpe, Sal, 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
Sal
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
1979
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 15/16 x 13 13/16 in. (35.4 x 35.1 cm) Sheet: 19 15/16 x 15 7/8 in. (50.7 x 40.4 cm) Mount: 19 15/16 x 15 7/8 in. (50.7 x 40.4 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.2016.152.273
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

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