Robert mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe. Phillip. 1979. Gelatin silver print. 14 × 14" (35.6 × 35.6 cm). The Family of Man Fund. 66.2016. © 2025 Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Photography

“If I had been born one hundred or two hundred years ago, I might have been a sculptor, but photography is a very quick way to see, to make a sculpture.” — Robert Mapplethorpe. Two amazing retrospectives that explored the breadth and depth of this master’s work.

This image depicts two figures wrapped in white, blanched gauze, their heads bound together into a cocoon like, sculptural form. Like many of Mapplethorpe’s photographs a careful balance is created here between bondage and freedom, ecstasy and pain. Mapplethorpe took reference from Auguste Rodin’s expressive and erotic late 19th and early 20th century sculptures throughout his career and this influence can be seen in the sensual movement and energy of this photograph.

Robert Mapplethorpe became one of the most well-known American photographers of the 20th century.

This has to be one of the best fashion stories I've come across in quite some time. Numéro homme comes up with this editorial referencing the self-portraits of Robert Mapplethorpe as seen through the lens of Jean-Baptiste Mondino. I've always loved how they do things chez Numéro especially their play...

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This documentary puts Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs, which included graphic depictions of sex and S-and-M, in the framework of a life and artistic vision.

“We wanted, it seemed, what we already had, a lover and a friend to create with, side by side. To be loyal, yet be free.”- Patti Smith In ...

View Flower (Tulip) (1983) By Mapplethorpe Robert; photogravure; 21¾ x 17¾in. (55.3 x 45cm.); Signed; Edition. Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

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