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Robert Mapplethorpe
Leroy Thomasnegative 1980, printed 2011

Not on view
Black and white portrait photograph of a Black man, head and bare shoulders, shot close and lit sharply from the left with deep shadows across one side of his face
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Leroy Thomas
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
negative 1980, printed 2011
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 3/4 x 13 13/16 in. (35 x 35.1 cm) Sheet: 19 7/8 x 16 in. (50.5 x 40.6 cm) Mount: 19 7/8 x 16 in. (50.5 x 40.6 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.2016.152.942
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography