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
a83d6562-9e86-4fb9-8eda-db6ff474b1f1

Profile view of black male's head silhouette facing left as he tilts his head back slightly and looks up. There is a glowing white circle in the background that frames his head and shoulders.

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