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Bob Love

Photograph
1979 (made)
Artist/Maker
Mapplethorpe (artist)
Place of origin
USA (made)

Photography by Robert Mapplethorpe, 'Bob Love', 1979


Object details

Categories
Gender and Sexuality
LGBTQ
Object type
Photograph
TitleBob Love (assigned by artist)
Brief description
Photography by Robert Mapplethorpe, 'Bob Love', 1979
Dimensions
  • Image height: 35cm
  • Image width: 35.2cm
  • Sheet height: 48.9cm
  • Sheet width: 40.2cm
Subjects depicted
Homosexuality
Athlete
Male Nude
Masculinity
Homoerotic
Bibliographic reference
Martin Hammer Naked Portrait: 1900 to 2007 Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland, 2007.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.1200-1980

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Record createdJuly 5, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O125685/bob-love-photograph-mapplethorpe/
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