Robert Mapplethorpe
Tulip, 1982
Silver Gelatin
20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Edition 10/10
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission
Provenance
The Artist
The Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe
The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, New York
Exhibitions
Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA. 2016.Robert Mapplethorpe: Flowers, Seibu, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. 2012.
Robert Mapplethorpe, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece. Nov 2011-Feb 2012. Curated by: Marilena V. Karra.
Robert Mapplethorpe: Tra Antico e Moderno. Un’antologia, Palazzina della Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Turin, Italy. 2005. Curated by Germano Celant.
Robert Mapplethorpe, Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, Shinjuku, Japan. 1996. Traveled to Takashimaya “Grand Hall,” Osaka, Japan (1997); Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, Fukishima, Japan(1997); Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art, Asahikawa, Japan (1997); Sogo Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan (1997); Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Kagawa, Japan (1997). Curated by Richard D. Marshall, Noriko Fuku, and Hiroaki Hayakawa.
Almodóvar, Venice Biennale, Venice. 1993.
Publications
The Complete Flowers. Essay by Dimitri Levas, edited by Mark Holborn. Monograph. New York: Phaidon, 2016.Robert Mapplethorpe: The Photographs. Curated by Paul Martineau and Britt Salvesen. Exhibition Catalogue. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum (Getty Publications), 2016.
Photographs. Auction Catalogue. New York: Christie’s New York, 2008.
The Complete Flowers. Essay by Herbert Muschamp. Monograph. New York: teNeues, 2006. Celant, Germano.
Robert Mapplethorpe: Tra Antico e Moderno. Un’antologia. Exhibition Catalogue. Turin, Italy: Palazzina della Promotrice delle Belle Arti, 2005.
Robert Mapplethorpe. Curated by Richard D. Marshall, Noriko Fuku, and Horoaki Hayakawa. Exhibition Catalogue. Shinjuku, Japan: Art Life, Ltd./Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, 1996.