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Robert Mapplethorpe
Snakeman1981

Not on view
Black and white portrait photograph of a bare-chested man wearing a horned theatrical mask, with a large patterned constrictor snake draped over his shoulders and coiled around his forearms
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Snakeman
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
1981
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 17 15/16 x 14 in. (45.5 x 35.5 cm) Sheet: 19 3/4 x 15 13/16 in. (50.2 x 40.2 cm) Mount: 19 3/4 x 15 13/16 in. (50.2 x 40.2 cm) Framed: 28 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (72.4 x 59.7 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.2016.152.579
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Esguerra, Clarissa, and Michaela Hansen. Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.
  • Esguerra, Clarissa M., Michaela Hansen, Katie Somerville, and Danielle Whitfield, editors. Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.