Self-Portrait

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Self-Portrait

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
1988
Medium
Platinum print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
c077032e-55e6-40f2-9137-ef8e6a5c33af

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Self portrait of an older Robert Mapplethorpe wearing all black against a black background and holding out a skull cane while gazing directly at the viewer.

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