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Robert Mapplethorpe
Snakeman
- Estimate
- $6,000 - 8,000
$19,050
Lot Details
gelatin silver print
signed and dated "1981 1981 2017 Michael Ward Stout" by Michael Ward Stout, Executor, and stamped with the artist's estate stamp on the reverse
image 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.6 cm)
sheet 20 x 15 7/8 in. (50.8 x 40.3 cm)
sheet 20 x 15 7/8 in. (50.8 x 40.3 cm)
Executed in 1981 and printed in 2017, this work is number 15 from an edition of 15 plus 3 artist's proofs.
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Robert Mapplethorpe
American | B. 1946 D. 1989After 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."
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