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Samuel Jones Wagstaff Jr. (November 4, 1921 – January 14, 1987) was an American art curator, collector, and the artistic mentor and benefactor of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (who was also his lifetime companion) and poet-punk rocker Patti Smith.
Oct 19, 2007 · Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe: Directed by James Crump. With Pierre Apraxine, Dick Cavett, Dominick Dunne, Raymond Foye. A documentary on the relationship between curator Sam Wagstaff, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and musician/poet Patti Smith.
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- Documentary, Biography, Romance
- James Crump
- 2007-10-19
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James Crump’s documentary, “Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe,” is a potent exercise in art-world mythography that might be nicknamed “The...
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe is a 2007 American documentary film directed by James Crump.
A vivid and tragic story. Filmmaker James Crump looks at the complex relationship between art curator Sam Wagstaff and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and their influence on the art world.
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Feb 2, 2010 · This documentary is a seminal one, not only because it shows a great love story, but also gay life in Wagstaff's generation, the subterranean lives, the disguises, the repression and how his liaison with this very crazy and talented blue collar hustler helped to liberate himself and make history.
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