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Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe

2007

77 minutes

Documentary

Overview

Crump directed the feature-length documentary film Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff + Robert Mapplethorpe, which premiered in North America at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival and in Europe at Art Basel. It explores the influence curator Sam Wagstaff, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and musician/poet Patti Smith had on the 1970s art scene in New York City.

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Patti Smith headshot

Patti Smith

Self

Robert Mapplethorpe headshot

Robert Mapplethorpe

Self (archive footage)

Sam Wagstaff headshot

Sam Wagstaff

Self (archive footage)

Pierre Apraxine headshot

Pierre Apraxine

Self

Dick Cavett headshot

Dick Cavett

Self (archive footage)

Dominick Dunne headshot

Dominick Dunne

Self (archive footage)

Raymond Foye headshot

Raymond Foye

Self

Jeffrey Fraenkel headshot

Jeffrey Fraenkel

Self - Fraenkel Gallery

Philippe Garner headshot

Philippe Garner

Self

Ralph Gibson headshot

Ralph Gibson

Self

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders headshot

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

Self - photographer

John Giorno headshot

John Giorno

Self - poet

Tukey Koffend headshot

Tukey Koffend

Self - childhood friend

Jean-Jacques Naudet headshot

Jean-Jacques Naudet

Self

Eugenia Perry headshot

Eugenia Perry

Self

Ingrid Sischy headshot

Ingrid Sischy

Self

Holly Solomon headshot

Holly Solomon

Self (archive footage)

John Szarkowski headshot

John Szarkowski

Self - Museum of Modern Art

Paul Walter headshot

Paul Walter

Self - collector

Clark Worswick headshot

Clark Worswick

Self - friend

Joan Juliet Buck headshot

Joan Juliet Buck

Narrator

Gordon Baldwin headshot

Gordon Baldwin

Self - Getty Museum

John Richardson headshot

John Richardson

Self - writer

Tony Smith headshot

Tony Smith

Self (archive footage)

Richard Tuttle headshot

Richard Tuttle

Self