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Robert Mapplethorpe
Untitled (Kool cigarettes)1975

Not on view
Small black and white photograph of a KOOL cigarette pack lying on a wood surface, with a single cigarette protruding and a small printed paper nearby, mounted in a wide white mat
Gelatin silver print, close-up still life of a Kool Milds cigarette pack resting on a wooden surface, with a cigarette protruding from one end and an open matchbook with torn paper beside it, shot from a slightly elevated angle with strong directional shadows.
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Untitled (Kool cigarettes)
Date Made
1975
Medium
Diffusion transfer print
Dimensions
Image: 3 1/2 x 4 7/16 in. (8.9 x 11.3 cm) ; Frame: 11 11/16 x 11 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (29.7 x 29.7 x 2.9 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.2011.30.182
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Wolf, Sylvia. Polaroids: Mapplethorpe. Munich: Prestel, 2007.
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation