Self-Portrait

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Self-Portrait

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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
negative 1986; print 2011
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
c162ea49-eb8f-494b-8f9d-5c0174234310

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Head and shoulders self-portrait of Robert Mapplethorpe dressed in a textured black jacket and bowtie, turning his head to the right and gazing back at the viewer with a furrowed brow.

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