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Robert Mapplethorpe
Untitled (Blue Underwear)1970

Not on view
Slate-blue briefs stretched taut across the opening of a whitewashed wooden frame, displayed against a black background
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Untitled (Blue Underwear)
Date Made
1970
Medium
Fabric, paint, wood
Dimensions
Frame: 13 x 13 in. (33 x 33 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.2011.30.112
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Robert Mapplethorpe: Early Works 1970-1974: May 1991, Robert Miller New York. New York: Robert Miller Gallery, 1991.
  • Martineau, Paul, and Britt Salvesen. Robert Mapplethorpe: The Photographs. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2016.
  • Terpak, Frances and Michelle Brunnick. Robert Mapplethorpe: The Archive. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2016.
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation