ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (19461989) , Tulip, 1985 Christie's

Robert Mapplethorpe (19461989) , Calla Lily, 1984 Christie's

Robert Mapplethorpe's Calla Lily is part of a series of flower photographs taken by the artist throughout his career. Like his portraits, these images reflect his fascination with physical beauty and flaunt his technical facility in representing it.

Robert MapplethorpeFLOWERS Robert mapplethorpe, Orchids, Lotus

Robert Michael Mapplethorpe ( MAY-pəl-thorp; November 4, 1946 - March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs.. flowers, and still lifes. His homoerotic images became the subject of a much publicized obscenity charge in 1990 involving the Cincinnati Art Museum. Mapplethorpe also did a series.

ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (19461989) , Roses, 1982 Christie's

ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE - FLOWERS AND PEOPLE: a visual dialogue with Rufus Wainwright's opera Hadrian Barcelona, Spain April 1 - 29, 2022 Saint Laurent Rive Droite. Robert Mapplethorpe, Curated by Anthony Vaccarello Paris, France and Los Angeles, CA February 17 - April 7, 2022.

ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (19461989) , Tulip, 1984 Christie's

Introduction I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before Robert Mapplethorpe, Art News, 1988 Robert Mapplethorpe is best known for his powerful black-and-white portraits and self-portraits. His photographs both challenge us and present us with images of classical beauty.

Robert Mapplethorpe, ‘Poppy’, 1988 Robert mapplethorpe, Museum of

Robert Mapplethorpe, Eric, 1980. Estimate £7,000-10,000.. inviting adulation. The word Zohra means 'flower blossom' and Majorelle works the bloom of purple, gold and red into her burnished skin; she seems to be leaking colour onto the bed sheets. View Lot View Auction Share. Created with Sketch.

ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (19461989) , Irises, 1986 Christie's

Robert Mapplethorpe (born Nov. 4, 1946, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died March 9, 1989, Boston, Mass.) was an American photographer who was noted for austere photographs of flowers, celebrities, and male nudes; among the latter were some that proved controversial because of their explicitly homoerotic and sadomasochistic themes.

Robert Mapplethorpe 'flowers' (branches in vase) MutualArt

Mapplethorpe is best known as the photographer of male and female nudes, some flaunting graphic sexual imagery, open homosexuality, and S&M which caused controversy; they were considered "obscene" artworks that challenged the limits of free speech. However, he· also made photographs of flowers, often in black and white, that display.

Robert Mapplethorpe (19461989), Poppy, 1988 Christie’s

The Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith: Flowers, Poetry, and Light exhibition at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens moved me profoundly. It's incredibly creative, contextualizes in ingenious ways the revolutionary output of two artists in terms of their relationship and lives, all in the setting of a beautiful botanical garden, ultimately asserting the inseparable relationship between life and art.

ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (19461989) Calla Lily, 1988 1980s, Photographs

Elton John's Atlanta Art Collection to Hit Auction: Presented by Christie's, the lot will include tour ephemera, as well as works by Banksy, Keith Haring, Irving Penn and Robert Mapplethorpe.

ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (19461989) , Flower, 1984 Christie's

Important Art Biography Influences and Connections Useful Resources Similar Art and Related Pages "I'm looking for perfections in form. I do that with portraits. I do it with cocks. I do it with flowers. It's not different from one subject to the next. I am trying to capture what could be sculpture." 1 of 10 Summary of Robert Mapplethorpe

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Robert Knight Archive/Redferns, via Getty Images. Robert Mapplethorpe and others that now have museums clamoring for donations.. Banksy's "Flower Thrower Triptych," signed and dated.

ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (19461989) , Flower Arrangement, 1988 Christie's

Robert Mapplethorpe Series Flowers 32 available While Robert Mapplethorpe might be best known for his provocative portraits, the photographer also had an obsession with flowers, capturing lilies, roses, and tulips in both black-and-white and color film.

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Mapplethorpe was born in the Floral Park neighborhood of Queens, New York, the son of Joan Dorothy (Maxey) and Harry Irving Mapplethorpe, an electrical engineer. [1] He was of English, Irish, and German descent, and grew up as a Catholic in Our Lady of the Snows Parish. Mapplethorpe attended Martin Van Buren High School, graduating in 1963. [2]

ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (19461989) , Vase with White Tulips, 1988 Christie's

By Manon Garrigues, translated by Ellie Davis. 26 avril 2016. From irises and roses, to orchids and birds of paradise, when Robert Mapplethorpe wasn't photographing his famous friends, he captured the beauty of flowers with a rare sensuality. This more intimate side of his work is the subject of an exceptional new book published by Phaidon. 1/7.

Robert Mapplethorpe The Perfect Medium LACMA

Throughout his body of work, Robert Mapplethorpe interrogates classical notions of beauty, a concern which surfaces as much in his flower imagery as in his infamous nude portraits and photographs of pop icons. On view in The Dean's Gallery are thirteen examples of Mapplethorpe's early studies of flowers, known as the Y Portfolio. Throughout.

Robert Mapplethorpe (19461989) , Dark Sepia Rose from Flowers, 1988

ISBN: 9780714871318 The photographer's lover Jack Fritscher recalls how, in his flowers, Mapplethorpe saw both beauty and the devil