Lisa Lyon

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Lisa Lyon

Creator

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
88db9162-b6d2-44b2-bed4-2f9ba1e646f0

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Muscular nude female cropped at the neck and upper thighs, grasping her hands together while flexing her arm muscles in front of her body.

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