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Robert Mapplethorpe
Self-Portrait1980, printed 2008

Not on view
Black and white portrait photograph, young white man from the chest up, wearing a leather jacket and smoking a cigarette, soft directional lighting against a dark gray background
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Self-Portrait
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
1980, printed 2008
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in. (34.93 × 34.93 cm) Primary support: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (50.48 × 40.32 cm) Frame: 25 1/4 × 24 1/4 in. (64.14 × 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.2016.152.378
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Martineau, Paul, and Britt Salvesen. Robert Mapplethorpe: The Photographs. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2016.
  • Fensom, Sarah E. "Another Perfect Moment: a two-museum retrospective in Los Angeles highlights Robert Mapplethorpe's enduring oeuvre and legacy." Art & Antiques 39, no.4 (2016): 76-81.