Portraits of Patti Smith
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Portraits of Patti Smith is a series of iconic photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe capturing the musician and poet Patti Smith in stark, intimate black-and-white images that helped define her public image and Mapplethorpe’s artistic legacy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Portraits of Patti Smith canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10438938 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portraits of Patti Smith Context triple: [Robert Mapplethorpe, notableWork, Portraits of Patti Smith]
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A.
book "Patti Smith: American Artist"
"Patti Smith: American Artist" is a photography book by Frank Stefanko that presents an intimate visual portrait of musician and poet Patti Smith during her formative years.
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B.
I Sing the Body Electric
"I Sing the Body Electric" is a celebrated free-verse poem by Walt Whitman that exalts the human body and soul as sacred, democratic, and inseparable aspects of the self.
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C.
Songs for Silverman
Songs for Silverman is a 2005 studio album by American singer-songwriter Ben Folds, known for its piano-driven pop-rock sound and introspective songwriting.
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D.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem is Joan Didion’s influential 1968 essay collection that helped define New Journalism through its incisive, personal reporting on 1960s American culture, particularly California.
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E.
The Howl
The Howl is the energetic and famously raucous student cheering section that supports the University of New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team at their home games.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portraits of Patti Smith Target entity description: Portraits of Patti Smith is a series of iconic photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe capturing the musician and poet Patti Smith in stark, intimate black-and-white images that helped define her public image and Mapplethorpe’s artistic legacy.
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A.
book "Patti Smith: American Artist"
"Patti Smith: American Artist" is a photography book by Frank Stefanko that presents an intimate visual portrait of musician and poet Patti Smith during her formative years.
-
B.
I Sing the Body Electric
"I Sing the Body Electric" is a celebrated free-verse poem by Walt Whitman that exalts the human body and soul as sacred, democratic, and inseparable aspects of the self.
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C.
Songs for Silverman
Songs for Silverman is a 2005 studio album by American singer-songwriter Ben Folds, known for its piano-driven pop-rock sound and introspective songwriting.
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D.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem is Joan Didion’s influential 1968 essay collection that helped define New Journalism through its incisive, personal reporting on 1960s American culture, particularly California.
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E.
The Howl
The Howl is the energetic and famously raucous student cheering section that supports the University of New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team at their home games.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
ⓘ
photographic series ⓘ |
| artisticMedium | photography ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chelsea Hotel
NERFINISHED
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New York art scene ⓘ punk rock ⓘ |
| chronologicallyFollows | early Polaroid experiments by Robert Mapplethorpe ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black and white ⓘ |
| copyrightHolder | Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Robert Mapplethorpe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | Patti Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
books about Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe
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exhibition catalogues of Robert Mapplethorpe ⓘ |
| genre |
black-and-white photography
ⓘ
portrait photography ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | iconic imagery of 1970s New York counterculture ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
representation of women in rock photography
ⓘ
visual culture of punk rock ⓘ |
| hasPart |
photograph "Patti Smith (1975)"
NERFINISHED
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photograph "Patti Smith with cigarette" ⓘ photograph "Patti Smith, Polaroid" NERFINISHED ⓘ photograph "Patti Smith, profile" ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
iconic
ⓘ
intimate ⓘ stark ⓘ |
| hasRepresentationIn | museum photography collections ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
formal studio portraiture
ⓘ
high-contrast lighting ⓘ |
| hasSubjectRelationship | friendship between Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith ⓘ |
| inception | 1970s ⓘ |
| influenced | public image of Patti Smith ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | none (visual work) ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Patti Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
contemporary art
ⓘ
fine art photography ⓘ |
| notableFor |
close collaboration between photographer and subject
ⓘ
intense emotional expression ⓘ minimalist composition ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Robert Mapplethorpe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Robert Mapplethorpe’s portrait oeuvre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfCreation | early career of Robert Mapplethorpe ⓘ |
| photographer | Robert Mapplethorpe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantFor | defining Robert Mapplethorpe’s artistic legacy ⓘ |
| subjectOccupation |
musician
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poet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Portraits of Patti Smith Description of subject: Portraits of Patti Smith is a series of iconic photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe capturing the musician and poet Patti Smith in stark, intimate black-and-white images that helped define her public image and Mapplethorpe’s artistic legacy.
Referenced by (1)
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