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Samuel Jones Wagstaff Jr. (November 4, 1921 – January 14, 1987) was an American art curator, collector, and the artistic mentor and benefactor of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (who was also his lifetime companion) and poet-punk rocker Patti Smith.
28 de mar. de 2016 · Llegó demasiado tarde para mitigar los fanatismos y hacer justicia al señor mayor, culto y rico frente al muchacho tierno, tosco y canalla. Mapplethorpe es un héroe y Wagstaff, que todo le ...
Learn about the little-known photographs of Sam Wagstaff, a pioneering photography collector and curator. See how he captured his friends, lovers and the world with a personal and artistic vision.
24 de abr. de 2007 · April 24, 2007. Tall, handsome and rich would be one way to describe Sam Wagstaff, a legendary figure in the international art world of the 1970s and ’80s. Urbane is another....
7 de dic. de 2022 · Gracias a lo que se ha investigado, se sabe que gran parte del intenso romance entre Robert Mapplethorpe y Sam Wagstaff se sostuvo a partir de los momentos en los que hacían retratos homoeróticos. Pero, a diferencia de Robert, el coleccionista tuvo cierta objeción a exhibir su obra.
22 de oct. de 2014 · The curator and collector Sam Wagstaff had a seminal influence on photography’s migration to the realm of high art.
4 de mar. de 2016 · Almost 30 years after his death from Aids-related pneumonia in 1987, Wagstaff is a legendary figure — the ur-collector — to a relatively small group of international photography enthusiasts.
