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Robert Mapplethorpe

American photographer

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Photography
Photography

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  • Images from the collections
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  • Frequent collaborators
  • Related topics

Images from the collections

Images by Robert Mapplethorpe

1 image from works
  • The bare bottom of a black woman with the words 'Exit only'; representing refusal of anal sex as a form of AIDS prevention. Colour lithograph after Robert Mapplethorpe for the Werkgroep AIDS Amsterdam, 199-.

Images featuring Robert Mapplethorpe

2 images from works
  • Chrissy cards and... / The Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • Chrissy cards and... / The Terrence Higgins Trust.

Works from the collections

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5 works

    • Pictures

    Brian Ridley & Lyle Heeter, 1979.

    | Date: [between 1989 and 2000] | Reference: 3304980i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
    • Pictures
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    The bare bottom of a black woman with the words 'Exit only'; representing refusal of anal sex as a form of AIDS prevention. Colour lithograph after Robert Mapplethorpe for the Werkgroep AIDS Amsterdam, 199-.

    Mapplethorpe, Robert. | Date: [between 1990 and 1999] | Reference: 671397i
    • Pictures

    Tim Scott, 1980.

    | Date: [1983] | Reference: 3304930i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
    • Pictures

    Cedric, 1977.

    | Date: [between 1980 and 1986] | Reference: 3304955i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
    • Pictures

    Untitled, Man in Suit, 1981.

    | Date: [between 1980 and 2000] | Reference: 3305102i
    Part of: "Fully Exposed"; The Commerical Explosion, 1980-1990s.

Frequent collaborators

Gardiner, James

Related topics

Gay erotic photography

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