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Robert Mapplethorpe | |||
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1946 in New York, NY Died 1989 in New York, NY |
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| Irises, 1988 | ||||
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silver print; edition 5/10 23 x 19 inches (image) 23 3/4 x 20 inches (paper) Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection Gift of the William T. Kemper Charitable Trust 1996.1 |
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| Mapplethorpe is often noted
for his controversial homoerotic and sadomasochistic photographs, but he
also produced highly refined still lifes and portraits, emphasizing classical
formal beauty. His images suggest that the pleasure he derives from the
surface of a flower is as profound as his love of the human body. |
