About this artwork
Mapplethorpe had got to know Colin Tennant (Lord Glenconner) in March 1976 when he was sent by ‘Interview’ magazine to photograph the guests at Tennant's 50th birthday party. Mapplethorpe later photographed his son, Charles, in London. Here he is depicted as the epitome of cool, with his ruffled hair and aviator sunglasses shielding him from the bright lights which reflect off the painted door behind him.
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artist:Robert Mapplethorpe (1946 - 1989) American
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title:Charles Tennant
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date created:1978
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materials:Gelatin silver print on paper
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measurements:34.00 x 34.10 cm (framed: 50.80 x 40.60 cm)
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credit line:ARTIST ROOMS National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. Acquired jointly through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Art Fund, 2008
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accession number:AR00191
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Robert Mapplethorpe
Robert Mapplethorpe
The American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe became famous, not to say, notorious, in the 1970s and 1980s for his photographs of the male nude and sexually explicit, gay imagery. Although often considered controversial, Mapplethorpe tested the right to individual freedom of expression. These...
