LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2026
  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2026
Collections

Robert Mapplethorpe
Shadows1982

Not on view
Black and white photograph of an interior wall with shadows of window frames and bare tree branches cast across the upper portion, a single electrical outlet mounted at center
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Shadows
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
1982
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 15 1/16 x 15 3/16 in. (38.3 x 38.6 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: 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.2016.152.679
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

Related Unframed

Related Unframed

50 Works 50 Weeks: Giorgio Ghisi’s “Cupid and Psyche”
50 Works 50 Weeks: Giorgio Ghisi’s “Cupid and Psyche”
  • February 10, 2026
  • Claire Spadafora Baes
50 Works 50 Weeks: Ruth Asawa’s “Untitled” (S.027)
50 Works 50 Weeks: Ruth Asawa’s “Untitled” (S.027)
  • September 10, 2025
  • Alexander Schneider
New Acquisition: Six Works by Japanese American Modernists
New Acquisition: Six Works by Japanese American Modernists
  • May 1, 2025
  • Shannon Vittoria
What Is Collotype Printing? Learning from Japan’s Benrido Studio
What Is Collotype Printing? Learning from Japan’s Benrido Studio
  • March 7, 2025
  • Elsa Thyss
Danish Paintings from LACMA in Beyond the Light at the Getty
Danish Paintings from LACMA in Beyond the Light at the Getty
  • August 7, 2023
  • Claudine Dixon
Photogrammetry and LACMA’s Art of the Ancient Americas Collection
Photogrammetry and LACMA’s Art of the Ancient Americas Collection
  • October 6, 2022
  • Jean Pickard
New Acquisition: Beauford Delaney's “Negro Man” [Claude McKay]
New Acquisition: Beauford Delaney's “Negro Man” [Claude McKay]
  • April 27, 2022
  • Stephanie Barron
Andell Family Sundays Anytime—I See Myself In You
Andell Family Sundays Anytime—I See Myself In You
  • December 13, 2021
  • Imani Tolliver
Stitching an 18th-century Russian Altarpiece
Stitching an 18th-century Russian Altarpiece
  • September 1, 2021
  • Staphany Cheng
These Unprecedented Times: Retracing a Pandemic—2021 Mellon Summer Academy Proposed Exhibition
These Unprecedented Times: Retracing a Pandemic—2021 Mellon Summer Academy Proposed Exhibition
  • August 23, 2021
  • Hilary Walter
Andell Family Sundays Anytime—The Dogs of LACMA
Andell Family Sundays Anytime—The Dogs of LACMA
  • August 22, 2021
  • Rosanne Kleinerman
Selections from the Japanese Art Department: Sōsaku-Hanga of Traditional Arts and Customs
Selections from the Japanese Art Department: Sōsaku-Hanga of Traditional Arts and Customs
  • July 27, 2021
  • Emily Le
Every Still Life Tells a Story
Every Still Life Tells a Story
  • May 17, 2021
  • Rosanne Kleinerman
Andell Family Sundays Anytime—Make a Camera Obscura!
Andell Family Sundays Anytime—Make a Camera Obscura!
  • December 20, 2020
  • Eszter Delgado
Andell Family Sundays Anytime—The Power of Light
Andell Family Sundays Anytime—The Power of Light
  • December 6, 2020
  • Hadley Holliday
At Home with Art—Linda Komaroff
At Home with Art—Linda Komaroff
  • October 6, 2020
  • Linda Komaroff
Articulations—ArtCenter MFAs Juliana Halpert and Manyu Gao
Articulations—ArtCenter MFAs Juliana Halpert and Manyu Gao
  • September 14, 2020
Make Art @ Home—Welcome to Crosshatching!
Make Art @ Home—Welcome to Crosshatching!
  • July 6, 2020
  • Thom Dower
At Home with Art—Virginia Moon
At Home with Art—Virginia Moon
  • May 27, 2020
  • Virginia Moon
Moments of Stillness in Wolfgang Tillmans's "Los Angeles Installation"
Moments of Stillness in Wolfgang Tillmans's "Los Angeles Installation"
  • April 29, 2020
  • Deliasofia Zacarias
Make Art @ Home—Shadow Puppets
Make Art @ Home—Shadow Puppets
  • April 28, 2020
  • Rosanne Kleinerman
Make Art @ Home—A Domestic Still Life
Make Art @ Home—A Domestic Still Life
  • April 6, 2020
  • Robben Muñoz
The 3 and the D
The 3 and the D
  • March 28, 2019
  • David Karwan
Ken Jacobs in Los Angeles: 3 Programs, 3 Venues, 3D
Ken Jacobs in Los Angeles: 3 Programs, 3 Venues, 3D
  • October 4, 2018
  • Nicholas Barlow