Sam J. Wagstaff Biography

Sam J. Wagstaff biography

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NAME: Sam J. Wagstaff
OCCUPATION: Art Collector
BIRTH DATE: November 04, 1921
DEATH DATE: January 21, 1987
EDUCATION: New York University
PLACE OF BIRTH: New York City, New York
PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
Full Name: Samuel Jones Wagstaff Jr.
AKA: Samuel Jones Wagstaff
AKA: Samuel J. Wagstaff
AKA: Samuel Wagstaff
AKA: Sam Wagstaff
AKA: Sam J. Wagstaff

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Sam J. Wagstaff was an important art curator and collector of photography. He was also a companion and benefactor of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.

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Sam J. Wagstaff was born in New York City on November 4, 1921. He studied at Yale, served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and studied Renaissance art at New York University. Wagstaff worked as a curator at both the Wadsworth Atheneum and the Detroit Institute of Arts. Additionally, he developed an interest in photographic art and helped establish the career of Robert Mapplethorpe. Wagstaff sold his photography collection to the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1984. He died of AIDS-related pneumonia on January 21, 1987, in New York City.