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Robert Mapplethorpe
Louise Nevelson1986, printed 1990

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Black and white portrait photograph of an older white woman with heavy eye makeup and closely cropped hair, body angled right, face tilted upward, clasped hands visible at bottom of frame against a black background
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Louise Nevelson
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
1986, printed 1990
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 19 1/4 × 19 1/4 in. (48.9 × 48.9 cm) Primary support: 23 13/16 × 19 7/8 in. (60.48 × 50.48 cm) Frame: 29 1/2 × 28 1/2 in. (74.93 × 72.39 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.2021.52.591
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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