This photograph comes originally from the collection of Richard Lorenz (1952-2001), the writer and photo historian best known for his books on the work of Imogen Cunningham – Imogen Cunningham: Ideas Without End (1993), Flora (1996), Portraiture (1997), and On the Body (1998) – and as Trustee of the Imogen Cunningham Trust. His collection was a diverse one and included, in addition to the Mapplethorpe offered here, works by Eugène Atget, Constantin Brancusi, Dora Maar, László Moholy-Nagy, and Jaromir Funke, all reflecting his deep understanding of the medium of photography.