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Robert Mapplethorpe
Untitled Portrait1981

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Black and white portrait photograph, person in slight three-quarter profile holding a flat hand across their face to obscure the eyes, casting a sharp shadow, against angular geometric background
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Untitled Portrait
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
1981
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 7/8 x 13 15/16 in. (35.3 x 35.4 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.2016.152.580
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

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