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Robert Mapplethorpe
Televisionnegative 1982, printed 1990

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Sculpture of a vintage Zenith cathode-ray TV displaying a woman's face on screen, with metal chains and a padlock draped across the bottom of the set

Robert Mapplethorpe, Television, negative 1982, printed 1990, 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
Television
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
negative 1982, printed 1990
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 15 3/8 x 15 1/16 in. (39 x 38.3 cm) Sheet: 19 7/8 x 15 13/16 in. (50.5 x 40.1 cm) Mount: 19 7/8 x 15 13/16 in. (50.5 x 40.1 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.2016.152.719
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

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