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Materials:
gelatin silver print
Size Notes:
35.6 x 34.9
Edition:
This work is number one from an edition of five.
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Exhibited:
Norfolk, Chrysler Museum of Art, Robert Mapplethorpe Photographs, January March 1978 (another example ). Frankfurt, Kunstverein; Graz, Fotogalerie Forum Stadtpark; Vienna, Modern Art Galerie; Hamburg, PPS Galerie F.C. Gundlach; Basel, Kunsthalle Basel; Munich, Kunstverein and Zurich, Nikon Foto Galerie, Robert Mapplethorpe, April May 1981 (another example ). Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania; Chicago, MCA Chicago; Washington, D.C., Washington Project for the Arts; Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum; Berkeley, University Art Museum at the University of California; Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center; Boston, ICA Boston, Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment, 1988 1990 (another example ). Cleveland, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Old Glory: The Flag in Contemporary Art, June August 1994 (another example ). Valencia, Centre Cultural La Beneficncia, Robert Mapplethorpe, September November 1999 (another example ). Santa Monica, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment, 2000 (another example ). Pittsburgh, Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery, To The Flag: Taking Liberties, 2002 (another example ). Los Angeles, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Pictures, Pictures, January March 2004 (another example ). So Paulo, Galeria Fortes Vilaa, Robert Mapplethorpe, March April 2005 (another example ). Turin, Palazzina della Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Robert Mapplethorpe: Tra Antico e Moderno. Una Retrospettiva, October 2005 January 2006 (another example ). Paris, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Robert Mapplethorpe, October November 2005 (another example ). Havana, Fototeca de Cuba, Sacred and Profane / Sagrado y Profano, December 2005 February 2006 (another example ). London, Alison Jacques Gallery, Robert Mapplethorpe: Still Moving & Lady, September October 2006 (another example ). London, Barbican Art Gallery, Panic Attack! Art in the Punk Years, June September 2007 (another example ). Long Island City, MoMA PS1, This Was Then, This Is Now, June September 2008 (another example ). Dusseldorf, NRW-Forum Kultur Wirtschaft; Berlin, C/O Berlin; Stockholm, Fotografiska; Milan, Forma Foundation for Photography and Budapest, Ludwig Museum, Robert Mapplethorpe, 2010 2012 (another example ). Buenos Aires, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Robert Mapplethorpe: Eros and Order, June August 2010 (another example ). Arles, Les Rencontres dArles; So Paulo, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, I am a Clich: Echoes of the Punk Aesthetic, 2010 2011 (another example ). New York, Sean Kelly Gallery, Robert Mapplethorpe: 50 Americans, May June 2011 (another example ). Barcelona, Galeria Senda, Robert Mapplethorpe, September November 2012 (another example ). New York, Sean Kelly Gallery, Robert Mapplethorpe: Saints and Sinners, November 2013 January 2014 (another example ). Brussels, Charles Riva Collection, Mapplethorpe, Photographs & Polaroids, September 2014 February 2015. New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, America Is Hard to See, May September 2015 (another example ). Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and J. Paul Getty Museum; Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Rotterdam, Kunsthal Rotterdam; Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium, March 2016 March 2018 (another example ). Aarhus, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Robert Mapplethorpe On the Edge, June October 2016 (another example ). Porto, Fundao Serralves, Robert Mapplethorpe: Pictures, September 2018 January 2019 (another example ). Naples, MADRE, Robert Mapplethorpe: Choreography for an Exhibition, December 2018 April 2019 (another example ). Seoul, Kukje Gallery, Robert Mapplethorpe: More Life, February March 2021 (another example ). Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum at Getty Center, In Focus: Protest, June October 2021 (another example ).
Literature:
P. Smith, ed., Robert Mapplethorpe, New York, 1987.A. Danto, M. Holborn and D. Levas, ed., Mapplethorpe, New York, 1992.Secret Flowers, Milan, 1993. R. D. Mohr, ed., A MORE PERFECT UNION, Boston, 1994.D. Levas, ed., Pictures. Robert Mapplethorpe, Santa Fe, 1999. R. Meyer, ed., Outlaw Representation: Censorship and Homosexuality in Twentieth-Century American Art, London, 2002.A. Danto, ed., Mapplethorpe, Germany, 2007. R. Koch, ed., Grandi Fotografi, Rome, 2012. M. Holborn and D. Levas, ed., Robert Mapplethorpe, New York, 2020.
Provenance:
Samia Saouma, ParisThomas Ammann Fine Art AG, ZurichAcquired from the above by the present owner