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Robert Mapplethorpe
Ada1982

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Black and white portrait photograph, a Black man from the waist up, body slightly angled, wearing white draped cloth over one shoulder, lit softly from the left

Robert Mapplethorpe, Ada, 1982, 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
Ada
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
1982
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 19 3/16 x 15 3/16 in. (48.8 x 38.6 cm) Sheet: 19 3/4 x 15 13/16 in. (50.2 x 40.1 cm) Mount: 19 3/4 x 15 13/16 in. (50.2 x 40.1 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.2016.152.820
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

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