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Tattoo Artist’s Son, Robert Mapplethorpe, 1984, Photograph, gelatine silver print on paper

Tattoo Artist’s Son

Robert Mapplethorpe

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Artist: Robert Mapplethorpe
Date: 1984
Medium: Photograph, gelatine silver print on paper
Dimensions: support: 477 x 376 mm
Location: Tate
Credit: ARTIST ROOMS Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008

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Robert Mapplethorpe, Tattoo Artist’s Son, 1984, Photograph, gelatine silver print on paper, Tate, London.

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