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Robert Mapplethorpe
Proposition #11968

Not on view
Horizontal mixed-media collage with cut paper, graphite drawing, and black-and-white photo of two nude figures with eyes obscured, assembled into a geometric, architectural arrangement on aged cream paper
Verso of a paper sheet, cream-colored with age-related foxing and brown staining; two small holes visible at lower left.
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Proposition #1
Date Made
1968
Medium
Collage: found images, graph paper, colored pencil, stickers
Dimensions
Sheet: 30 1/4 × 22 1/4 in. (76.84 × 56.52 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.2011.30.250
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Terpak, Frances and Michelle Brunnick. Robert Mapplethorpe: The Archive. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2016.
Copyright
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation