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
1982
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
7a08c065-3188-4fab-b131-a2c8591d75d9

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Profile view of nude female cropped at the head lying on a bed while a male hand holds her right hand and pulls up her arm.

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