Robert Mapplethorpe
Tie Rack1969

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title: Tie Rack
Place Made: United States, New York, New York
Date Made: 1969
Medium: Chromolithograph, colored pencil, stained plywood, Plexiglass, metal crucifix, black thread, needles, neckties
Dimensions: Image: 19 7/8 × 15 11/16 in. (50.48 × 39.85 cm) Frame: 21 1/8 × 16 13/16 in. (53.66 × 42.7 cm) 23 13/16 × 18 1/16 × 4 1/16 in. (60.48 × 45.88 × 10.32 cm)
Credit Line: Jointly acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The J. Paul Getty Trust. Partial gift of The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation; partial purchase with funds provided by The J. Paul Getty Trust and the David Geffen Foundation.
Accession Number: M.2011.30.35a-d
Classification: Photographs
Collecting Area: Photography
Selected Bibliography: Martineau, Paul, and Britt Salvesen. Robert Mapplethorpe: The Photographs. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2016.
Terpak, Frances and Michelle Brunnick. Robert Mapplethorpe: The Archive. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2016.