About this artwork
Molissa Fenley is an American dancer and choreographer. In 1977 she formed the performing group Molissa Fenley and Dancers in New York. Mapplethorpe has positioned her at the very edge of the frame, her body facing outwards as though she is turning to leave. She appears to have been caught mid-laugh, with a glint in her eyes.
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artist:Robert Mapplethorpe (1946 - 1989) American
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title:Molissa Fenley
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date created:1983
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materials:Gelatin silver print on paper
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measurements:37.50 x 37.50 cm (framed: 64.30 x 62.00 x 3.80 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:AR00208
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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...
