Andre

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Andre

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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
87ae8e55-6444-412d-ab14-46f66798e022

Black male with shaved head and women's make-up on, wearing a black shirt and turning his gaze toward the viewer. A glowing white cut-out circle is in the background which frames his head and shoulders.

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