Gelatin silver print. Printed in 1980
Signed, dated ‘80’ and numbered 3/15 by Robert Mapplethorpe in the lower margin
Stamp of the artist on the reverse. Signed, titled ‘Flower Arrangement, N.Y.C., dated ‘1980’ and numbered 3/15.
Matted and framed. Height 71.7 cm. Width 71.7 cm. Depth 4.5 cm.
Literature:
-‘Pistils’ Robert Mapplethorpe, Random House Publ., New York
– Herbert Muschamp, Mapplethorpe : The Complete Flowers, teNeues Publishing Group, New York, 2006, plate 40 (ill)
– Robert Mapplethorpe Austellung in Kunstverein München 19.3 – 2.5.1982 p. 41 (ill)
‘Flower Arrangement, N.Y.C.’ is in the collection of The J. Paul Getty Museum
Object number 2016.57.445
Description : ‘Different flower stems and plants in a dark glass vase’
