Susan Sontag
Artist
Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946–1989)American, 1946–1989
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Susan Sontag
Date1984
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 × 15 in. (38.1 × 38.1 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation in honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker on the occasion of her retirement
Object number2015.214
Non exposé
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Sontag wrote about “camp” and war, illness and AIDS, art and—above
all—photography. She was a special friend of Mapplethorpe and wrote an essay
for his book Certain People: A Book of
Portraits (1985), which included his image of her.
ProvenanceThe artist, d. 1989; The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Inc., New York; given to MFAH, 2015.
Published References The photograph has been widely published, a few notable examples include: Baldwin, Gordon. "Robert Mapplethorpe: Portraits". Palm Springs: Palm Springs Art Museum, 2009. Mapplethorpe, Robert. "Certain People: A Book of Portraits". Pasadena: Twelvetrees Press, 1985.
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