Robert Mapplethorpe

Patti Smith
1975

A diptych of black and white portraits featuring the same woman in two different poses against a plain background. On the left, she appears contemplative with a jacket slung over one shoulder. On the right, she stands with the same jacket draped over her arm, adjusting her tie and looking directly at the camera. The images are mounted on a white surface with visible creases and wear around the edges.
A diptych of black and white portraits featuring the same woman in two different poses against a plain background. On the left, she appears contemplative with a jacket slung over one shoulder. On the right, she stands with the same jacket draped over her arm, adjusting her tie and looking directly at the camera. The images are mounted on a white surface with visible creases and wear around the edges.

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Date
1975

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Overall: 20 × 20 5/8in. (50.8 × 52.4 cm) Sheet (each): 20 × 15 3/8in. (50.8 × 39.1 cm) Image (each): 13 3/4 × 12 3/4in. (34.9 × 32.4 cm)

Accession number
97.103.1a-b

Edition
Unique

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission

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