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Robert Mapplethorpe Raymond 1985 gelatin silver print 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm) Stamped, dated and numbered "Robert Mapplethorpe, 1985, Michael Ward Stout, Executor, Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe 8/10" on a label affixed to the reverse of the backing board. This work is number eight from an edition of 10.
Provenance Xavier Hufkens, Brussels Private collection Artist Bio Robert Mapplethorpe American • 1946 - 1989 After studying drawing, painting and sculpture at the Pratt Institute in the 1960s, Robert Mapplethorpe began experimenting with photography while living in the notorious Chelsea Hotel with Patti Smith Beginning with Polaroids, he soon moved on to a Hasselblad medium-format camera, which he used to explore aspects of life often only seen behind closed doors. By the 1980s Mapplethorpe's focus was predominantly in the studio, shooting portraits, flowers and nudes. His depiction of the human form in formal compositions reflects his love of classical sculpture and his groundbreaking marriage of those aesthetics with often challenging subject matter. Mapplethorpe's style is present regardless of subject matter — from erotic nudes to self-portraits and flowers — as he ceaselessly strove for what he called "perfection of form." View More Works