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Robert Mapplethorpe
Cock1985, printed 2010

Not on view
Black and white photograph, extreme close-up of a Black man's nude groin with a white hand grasping the penis, high contrast between skin tones
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Cock
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
1985, printed 2010
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 14 15/16 × 19 1/4 in. (37.94 × 48.9 cm) Primary support: 15 13/16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.16 × 50.64 cm) Frame: 28 1/2 × 23 1/2 in. (72.39 × 59.69 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation to The J. Paul Getty Trust and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Accession Number
M.2021.52.508
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Martineau, Paul, and Britt Salvesen. Robert Mapplethorpe: The Photographs. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2016.

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