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Robert Mapplethorpe
Wheat1979

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Black and white photograph of tall grasses with feathery seed heads at right, their soft shadow spreading across a pale textured wall at left

Robert Mapplethorpe, Wheat, 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
Wheat
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 34.9 cm) Sheet: 19 15/16 x 15 7/8 in. (50.7 x 40.3 cm) Mount: 19 15/16 x 15 7/8 in. (50.7 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.2016.152.293
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

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