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Robert Mapplethorpe | |||
| Born
1946 in New York, NY Died 1989 in New York, NY |
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| Carleton, 1987 | ||||
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silver print; edition 1/10 19 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches (image) 23 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches (paper) Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection Gift of the William T. Kemper Charitable Trust 1996.2 |
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| Mapplethorpe is often noted
for his controversial homoerotic and sadomasochistic photographs, but he
also produced highly refined still lifes and portraits, emphasizing classical
formal beauty. |