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Robert Mapplethorpe
Ron1980

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Black and white portrait photograph, bare-shouldered Black man in strict profile facing left, with a sharply defined cast shadow of his head on the wall beside him

Robert Mapplethorpe, Ron, 1980, 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
Ron
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
1980
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. (34.9 x 35.3 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.2016.152.393
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

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