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Country
United States
Birth - Death
1921 - 1987
Occupation
Business
Description
Art curator and mentor/partner of famed photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, who is recognized as an important individual who promoted photography into a fine art form. Curator of contemporary art at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut (1961-1968). Sold his photography collection to the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1984. Also known as Sam Wagstaff. Died of AIDS.
