Robert Mapplethorpe

Patti Light - Patti Dark

1978

Three black-and-white panels show a person manipulating curtains, including one wrapped and facing away.
Three black-and-white panels show a person manipulating curtains, including one wrapped and facing away.

Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Light - Patti Dark, 1978. Gelatin silver print, dimensions variable, see components. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Robert P. Miller and Sarah Wittenborn Miller in memory of Robert Mapplethorpe 92.16a-d. © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission

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Not on view

Date
1978

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Dimensions variable, see components

Accession number
92.16a-d

Edition
Unique

Credit line
Gift of Robert P. Miller and Sarah Wittenborn Miller in memory of Robert Mapplethorpe

Rights and reproductions
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission

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