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Robert Mapplethorpe
Self-Portrait1988

Not on view
Black and white portrait photograph, a man in a black turtleneck holds a skull-topped cane toward the camera, his pale face lit against a solid black background
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Self-Portrait
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1988
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 23 1/16 × 19 3/16 in. (58.6 × 48.8 cm) Primary support: 23 11/16 × 20 in. (60.2 × 50.8 cm) Secondary support: 23 11/16 × 20 in. (60.2 × 50.8 cm) Mat: 32 × 28 in. (81.28 × 71.12 cm) Frame: 32 × 28 × 1 in. (81.28 × 71.12 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1992.197.88
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Schillo, Eve, and Claudine Dixon. Before You Now: Capturing the Self in Portraiture; Ante Usted: La Captura del Ser en el Retrato. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.