Christina

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Christina

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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
1981
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
b39ea9bc-70d4-4325-85e4-8618bbab8bc9

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Nude black female sitting frontally with one arm resting on a cloth-covered stool in front of her and the other arm raised.

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