This comprehensive monograph provides an overview of Robert Mapplethorpe's black-and-white photography-floral still lifes, nudes, self-portraits, and portraits, among other subjects-and also includes a selection of his color images.
Edited by Mark Holborn and Dimitri Levas, with a new poem by Patti Smith and a new introduction by Andrew Sullivan
Known for his groundbreaking and provocative work, Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the 20th century's most important and influential artists. He studied painting, drawing, and sculpture in Brooklyn in the 1960s and started taking photographs when he acquired a Polaroid camera in 1970. This comprehensive monograph provides an overview of the artist's black-and-white photography-floral still lifes, nudes, self-portraits, and portraits, among other subjects-and also includes a selection of his color images.
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| Description | Edited by Mark Holborn and Dimitri Levas, with a new poem by Patti Smith and a new introduction by Andrew Sullivan Known for his groundbreaking and provocative work, Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the 20th century's most important and influential artists. He studied painting, drawing, and sculpture in Brooklyn in the 1960s and started taking photographs when he acquired a Polaroid camera in 1970. This comprehensive monograph provides an overview of the artist's black-and-white photography-floral still lifes, nudes, self-portraits, and portraits, among other subjects-and also includes a selection of his color images.
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| Art Style | Modern |
