Lisa Lyon

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Lisa Lyon

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Robert Mapplethorpe

American Photographer · 1946–1989

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A key figure in late 20th-century photography, Mapplethorpe created work with a distinctive tension between opposites: sacred and profane, mainstream and underground, light and dark. From his early Polaroid portraits, to his fashion photography and later controversial work, Mapplethorpe's photographs are well-ordered and emotionally restrained, with dangerously chaotic and sensuous elements below.

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Date
1984
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
3a5f148a-0128-4b0c-a829-c817329b8ee0

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White female with slicked back brown hair sitting on a cushioned bench with one leg raised and bent and the other tucked inward. She wears a striking black and white swimsuit and gazes back at the viewer. A speckled backdrop is behind her.

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