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Robert Mapplethorpe
Poppy1988

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Color photograph of two poppy plants against a dark teal background, one in full orange bloom and one in a fuzzy green bud, stems covered in fine rust-colored hairs
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Poppy
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
1988
Medium
Dye imbibition print
Dimensions
Image: 19 13/16 × 18 11/16 in. (50.32 × 47.47 cm) Primary support: 23 7/8 × 19 15/16 in. (60.64 × 50.64 cm) Frame: 28 1/2 × 33 1/2 in. (72.39 × 85.09 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.2011.30.73
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Martineau, Paul, and Britt Salvesen. Robert Mapplethorpe: The Photographs. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2016.
  • Silberman, Robert. "Robert Mapplethorpe: Los Angeles, Montreal and Sydney." The Burlington Magazine 158, no.1361 (2016): 678-680
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

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