Self-Portrait

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Self-Portrait

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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 1981; print 2009
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
4f128450-3796-48e0-a764-0b82550e5f24

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Self-portrait of artist featuring the back of his head with hair carefully coifed and wearing a leather jacket.

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