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Robert Mapplethorpe
Orchid1982

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Black and white photograph of an orchid stem with seven blooms and buds arching across a pale textured wall, a narrow dark leaf cutting diagonally from the upper right corner
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Orchid
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
1982
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 15 3/16 x 15 1/8 in. (38.6 x 38.4 cm) Sheet: 19 15/16 x 15 7/8 in. (50.6 x 40.3 cm) Mount: 19 15/16 x 15 7/8 in. (50.6 x 40.3 cm) Framed: 25 1/4 x 24 1/4 in. (64.1 x 61.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and to The J. Paul Getty Trust
Accession Number
M.2016.152.648
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

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