Sam Wagstaff
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican art curator (1921-1987)
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Samuel Jones Wagstaff Jr. was an American art curator, collector, and the artistic mentor and benefactor of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and poet-punk rocker Patti Smith.
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Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
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About this person
Samuel Jones Wagstaff Jr. was an American art curator, collector, and the artistic mentor and benefactor of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and poet-punk rocker Patti Smith. Wagstaff is known in part for his support of minimalism, pop art, conceptual art, and earthworks, but his aesthetic acceptance and support of photography presaged the acceptance of the medium as a fine art.
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Lived 1921 to 1987 · aged 65
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