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Robert Mapplethorpe
Untitled (self-portrait)circa 1965-1970

Not on view
Charcoal or graphite drawing on heavily creased, aged tan paper depicting a human head tilted sharply back, face turned upward, with bold dark marks fractured by deep fold lines running across the sheet
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Untitled (self-portrait)
Date Made
circa 1965-1970
Medium
Ink or paint on paper
Dimensions
Unframed: 12 7/16 x 18 9/16 in. (31.6 x 47.1 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.2011.30.265
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Terpak, Frances and Michelle Brunnick. Robert Mapplethorpe: The Archive. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2016.
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

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