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Robert Mapplethorpe
Dennis Speightnegative 1980, printed 2008

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a nude Black man curled tightly over his knees on a bare floor, with a large shadow cast on the plain gray wall behind him
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Dennis Speight
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
negative 1980, printed 2008
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (35 x 35 cm) Sheet: 19 13/16 x 15 3/4 in. (50.3 x 40 cm) Mount: 19 13/16 x 15 3/4 in. (50.3 x 40 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.2016.152.434
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation