Gelatin silver print. Printed in 1982
Signed and dated by Michael Ward Stout, Executor Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe on the reverse
Stamp of the artist on the reverse
Titled ‘Tulips’, dated ‘1982’ and numbered AP 1/2 on the reverse
Edition of 10 + 2 AP
Matted and framed Height 71.7 cm. Width 71.7 cm. Depth 4.5 cm.
Literature:
– Herbert Muschamp, Mapplethorpe : The Complete Flowers, te Neues Publishing Group, New York, 2006 Plate 81 (ill).
– Robert Mapplethorpe Die Photogaphien 1969 – 1989 Schirmer / Mosel N° 96 (ill)
– Robert Mapplethorpe 1970 – 1983 Institute of Contemporary Arts p. 40.
‘Tulips’ is in the collection of The J. Paul Getty Museum
Object number 2016.57.948
Description : ‘Five white tulips drooping down on the left side of the composition, hovering over a cloth covered table’.
