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
negative 1982; print 1990
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
4b67941b-6f75-4f05-993e-5e132ee13954

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Muscular nude female standing on hardwood floor in artist's studio flexing both arm muscles with a long white transparent fabric draped around her head, covering her face and cascading behind her.

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