Samuel J. Wagstaff Jr.

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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