Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe - A Biography (Paperback)

Recalled as the lover and patron of Robert Mapplethorpe, Sam Wagstaff here takes centre stage as a leading American intellectual and cultural visionary. Philip Gefter traces Wagstaff's evolution from society "bachelor" of the 1940s to his emergence as rebellious curator. In 1972, his meeting with twenty-five-year-old Mapplethorpe, would lead to his legacy as world-class photography collector and cultural arbiter. Positioning Wagstaff's personal life against the rise of photography as a major art form and the simultaneous formation of the gay rights movement, Gefter's absorbing biography provides a searing portrait of New York just before and during the age of AIDS. The result is a definitive and memorable portrait of a man and an era.

General

Imprint:	Liveright Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2016
Authors:	Philip Gefter
Dimensions:	228 x 144 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	458
ISBN-13:	978-1-63149-095-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre Promotions
LSN:	1-63149-095-8
Barcode:	9781631490958

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