Aira

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Aira

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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
1979
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
3dc94ea1-4a18-4b4f-9f7c-a49d8d8a97fa

Close-up of woman with a somber expression, wearing a birdcage hat and veil and white fur coat, sporting lots of jewelry.

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