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Untitled (Patti Smith)
Creator
Robert MapplethorpeAmerican Photographer · 1946–1989
All works by this person →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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- about 1973
- Medium
- Polaroid diffusion print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Poet and musician Patti Smith with dark hair and bangs. She tucks both of her legs close to her body and rests her chin on one knee, which has a small lightning bolt tattooed on it.
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