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Robert Mapplethorpe
Untitledcirca 1965-1975

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Close-up of a square black leather book or album cover with worn surface and two thin gold diagonal lines at the lower right corner
Open black binder or portfolio case; right panel holds a print or photograph mounted on yellow paper, depicting an abstract curved arch form in pink, red, grey, and white tones against a pale background, with small printed text below.
Open black binder with a dark left page and a right page featuring a printed collage: a halftone photograph of a reclining figure overlaid with a geometric lattice pattern in yellow, orange, and red gradients, with the heading "Sado-Masochism" and small body text at top.
Open artist's book with two photographic collage spreads; left page shows a close-up photograph of a penis against a white ground with a red band at top; right page shows a hand holding a small phallic sculpture against a gray background with a black circle, tan band at top.
Open binder displaying two collage pages. Left page layers nude figures, a grid pattern, and a black-and-white photograph of a film camera on a tripod, with pastel blue, yellow, and purple tones. Right page shows a nude figure bent forward against a muted gray-pink background with small circular perforations.
Open artist's book with two facing pages: left page shows a close-up photograph of nude figures with deep red and magenta coloring; right page shows a mixed-media collage of nude figures in motion against a yellow and red grid pattern with a torn newsprint diagonal element.
Open artist's book with two pages visible: left page shows a seated figure with a large magenta heart shape obscuring the head, overlaid with a red-orange to yellow gradient and embossed grid texture; right page features a faded color photograph of figures near tropical vegetation, with a block of small printed text at bottom.
Open artist's book with two facing pages: left page shows a blue-gray clenched fist holding a red oval form against a yellow gradient background with pink border; right page shows the lower torso and hips of a figure in blue jeans from behind, with a glowing red rectangular form where the head would be, against a dark background, rendered in high-contrast photographic print with added color.
Open artist's book with black covers; left page shows a photo collage of a figure crouching on a pale surface with a small line-drawn car overlaid, bisected by a yellow and black diagonal shape; right page features a smaller collage card with a faint face emerging from layered washes of red, orange, green, and blue against a dark gray background.
Open artist's book with two pages: left page shows a blue-tinted photographic transfer of nude figures outdoors with a red diagonal line overlaid; right page features a deep magenta square photograph of a cropped nude figure against a pale ground with pink washes.
Open binder displaying two altered photographic pages with spray-painted color washes in orange, red, yellow, and purple; left page shows a partially obscured figure with printed text visible beneath pigment; right page features a circular cutout or attached disc revealing a close-up photograph of hands, rendered in warm amber tones.
Open binder displaying two collaged pages: left page shows two nude male figures overlaid with vertical stripes of red, green, and blue; right page features a spherical pink and red form containing clasped hands, set against a gradient lavender and peach background.
Open binder or portfolio with black covers; right panel shows a screen-printed or offset image of a outstretched hand over a yellow-green grid pattern above a deep red band, with bold green text reading "CHAIN MALE" at upper left.
Open binder or portfolio with dark covers, left side showing a translucent grid-patterned sheet over a vivid red and purple abstract form against a dark background.
Photograph of a bound book or album cover, dark navy-black cloth with worn, mottled texture, spine visible at right edge, against black background.
Artist or Maker
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States, 1946–1989, active New York City
Title
Untitled
Date Made
circa 1965-1975
Medium
Spray paint on magazine clippings, leather portfolio
Dimensions
Image: 11 1/2 × 10 in. (29.21 × 25.4 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.2011.30.345
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

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