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Robert Mapplethorpe
Flowersnegative 1982, printed 1991

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Monochromatic still life painting of a ceramic bottle vase with three budded stems and a broad leaf, lit by strong diagonal light against a plain wall
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Flowers
Place Made
United States, New York, New York
Date Made
negative 1982, printed 1991
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 15 3/16 x 15 3/16 in. (38.6 x 38.5 cm) Sheet: 19 3/4 x 15 7/8 in. (50.2 x 40.4 cm) Mount: 19 3/4 x 15 7/8 in. (50.2 x 40.4 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.2016.152.870
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

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