Robert Mapplethorpe / foreword Patti Smith ; edited / designed Mark Holborn, Dimitri Levas ; essay by Arthur C. Danto. - Revised second edition. - 383 pages : photographs ; 32 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-383).

A revised and updated edition of the most comprehensive survey published of Mapplethorpe's photography. Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the twentieth century's most important and influential artists, known for his groundbreaking and provocative work. He studied painting, drawing, and sculpture in Brooklyn in the 1960s and started taking photographs when he acquired a Polaroid camera in 1970. This comprehensive monograph is an overview of the artist's black-and-white photography of floral still lifes, nudes, selfportraits, and portraits, among other subjects-and also includes a selection of his color images.

9781838660208


Mapplethorpe, Robert, 1946-1989 photographer.


Photography, Artistic--20th century
Photography, Artistic
Photography
Exhibitions

TR654 / .M3373 2020