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Robert Mapplethorpe
Untitledcirca 1971

Not on view
Assemblage sculpture combining a dark leather gloved hand wearing two bangles resting atop a cylindrical wire mesh cage containing a red mass and small dice-like cubes, with a chain and handcuff pendant
Mixed-media assemblage: a black leather glove with red and gold bracelets at the wrist, attached to a cylindrical wire mesh cage secured with a small padlock, containing a red object with gold dots and a pile of small ivory-colored dice.
Mixed-media assemblage: a cylindrical wire mesh cage with a metal lid, containing a red fabric form and small gold-toned objects. A black leather glove with red and brown bangle bracelets extends through the cage's side. A small chain with handcuffs and yellow feathers hangs from the left.
Mixed-media assemblage: a dark-painted hand form wearing two bangles — one deep red wood, one gold-textured — enclosed within a cylindrical wire mesh cage with a flat metal lid and hanging ring at top.
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Untitled
Date Made
circa 1971
Medium
Zinc cage, plastic dice, leather glove on mannequin hand, cowhide bracelets, rabbit’s foot
Dimensions
8 1/2 × 5 in. (21.59 × 12.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation to The J. Paul Getty Trust and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Accession Number
M.2011.30.139
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Terpak, Frances and Michelle Brunnick. Robert Mapplethorpe: The Archive. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2016.