Untitled (Nude with Spool)

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Untitled (Nude with Spool)

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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: 1970
Medium: Framed hand-colored and painted gelatin silver photograph, wooden spool with thread
Culture: American
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Framed, hand-colored photograph of a person's lower back and legs in profile with one leg extended out to the edge of the print. A separate spool of loose black thread positioned in front of the frame accompanies this image. This is a unique piece constructed by the artist.

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