Bear Lake - May 30, 1933

Scenic view of Bear Lake with snowy crags rising behind it. A thin pine tree leans into the foreground on the right side and a cluster of taller pines skirts the far side of the lake.

Samuel Jones Wagstaff Jr. (1921 – 1987) was an American curator and collector of fine arts. Working alongside his fellow artist and lifetime partner Robert Mapplethorpe, he assembled an immense private collection of photographic work that spanned several decades and brought widespread attention to the value of photography as an artistic medium. (Getty Museum, 2016)