Robert Mapplethorpe, Phaidon

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, self-portraits, and portraits, among other subjects—and also includes a selection of his colour images.

With contributions by Arthur C. Danto, Mark Holborn, Dimitri Levas, Patti Smith, and Andrew Sullivan.

Robert Mapplethorpe. Phaidon, 2020.

Format: Hardback
Dimensions: 308 × 292 mm
Pages: 384
Illustrations: black-and-white and colour photographs
Publisher: Phaidon
ISBN: 9781838660208
Language: English