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Maker(s):Mapplethorpe, Robert
Culture:American (1946-1989)
Title:Lisa Lyon, Sheridan Square Gym
Date Made:late 1970s
Type:Photograph
Materials:gelatin silver print
Measurements:Sheet: 9 15/16 in x 8 in; 25.2 cm x 20.3 cm; Image: 8 3/16 in x 8 in; 20.8 cm x 20.3 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2000.448
Credit Line:Purchase with Richard Templeton (Class of 1931) Photography Fund
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Label Text:
Mapplethorpe’s provocative and groundbreaking body of photography made him one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. This photograph belongs to a larger series of work the artist made with Lisa Lyon, who won the first Women’s World Pro Bodybuilding Championship in 1979. In October 1980, she stood 5-foot-3, weighed 105 pounds, and could deadlift 225 pounds, squat 265 pounds, and bench-press 120 pounds. The photographs of Lyon presented a physically powerful and self-aware woman as a symbol of beauty. Lyon and Mapplethorpe’s collaborations resulted in several full-length and fragmented portraits and figure studies, many of which Mapplethorpe published in his 1983 book Lady Lisa Lyon.

Tags:
feminism; figures; portraits; women

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