Tuesday, September 7, 2010

10.376 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE

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  1. AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER, KNOWN FOR HIS LARGE-SCALE, HIGHLY STYLIZED BLACK AND WHITE PORTRAITS, PHOTOS OF FLOWERS AND NAKED MEN. MAPPLETHORPE WORKED PRIMARILY IN THE STUDIO, COMMON SUBJECTS INCLUDE FLOWERS, ESPECIALLY ORCHIDS AND CALLA LILIES; CELEBRITIES, INCLUDING ANDY WARHOL. IN 2006, A MAPPLETHORPE PRINT OF ANDY WARHOL WAS AUCTIONED FOR $643,200. IN SEPTEMBER 2007, PRESTEL PUBLISHED MAPPLETHORPE:POLAROIDS, A COLLECTION OF 183 OF APPROXIMATELY 1,500 EXISTING MAPPLETHORPE POLAROIDS. THIS BOOK ACCOMPANIES AN EXHIBITION BY THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART IN MAY
    2008.

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