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BJ
B. J. Robinson
1982 · Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (25.1 × 24.8 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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George Dureau
American, 1930–2014
WA-00052257
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5
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8
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4
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- Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
- Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
- NationalityArtsy· 85%✓
- LocationArtsy· 85%
Source Registry (2)
- AicTier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%
- Artsy (bulk)Tier 1 · Institutional85%
About
Why this artist matters now
George Valentine Dureau was an American artist whose long career was most notable for charcoal sketches and black and white photography of poor white and black athletes, dwarfs, and amputees. Robert Mapplethorpe is said to have been inspired by Dureau's amputee and dwarf photographs, which showed the figures as "exposed and vulnerable, playful and needy, complex and entirely human individuals."
Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 1mo ago
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5 published of 5 catalogued · 4 with image
- Art Institute Chicago4 published4 img
- The Met1 published
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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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