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[[File:wagstaff.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Samuel J. Wagstaff Jr.]]

==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.  

==Further Reading/Research==

* http://www.biography.com/people/sam-j-wagstaff-9521334
* http://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/16/obituaries/sam-wagstaff-65-a-curator-and-photography-collector.html
* http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/mar/21/pieces-of-a-man-the-passions-of-photo-collector-samuel-j-wagstaff-in-pictures

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