Robert Mapplethorpe

Photography monographs, exhibition catalogues, and printed matter connected to the work of Robert Mapplethorpe.

Mapplethorpe's practice moved between portraiture, the nude, flowers, and studio arrangement — a classical formal discipline applied to subjects that generated sustained institutional and legal controversy. The publications gathered here document that practice and its reception: Italian editions, gallery catalogues, press material, and objects that carry both the work and the argument around it.

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  • Robert Mapplethorpe — Fotografie, Idea Books Edizioni, Milan, 1983. Front cover. Black ground, title in spaced white capitals: 'Robert Mapplethorpe fotografie'. Centre: black-and-white photograph of a male torso in a white swimsuit, cropped at shoulders and thighs, high-contrast studio lighting. Lower text: 'Intervista con R. Mapplethorpe a cura di Germano Celant'. ISBN 88-7017-032-2. Original yellow N.P.G. price sticker lower right: 19.95. Photography monograph, Italian edition. Robert Mapplethorpe — Fotografie, Idea Books Edizioni, Milan, 1983. Back cover. Black ground with white border rule. Black-and-white photograph: a young Black woman in profile, nude to the waist, holding a white draped cloth across her body, rings on her fingers, eyes downcast. Title in white block capitals along lower edge: 'ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE'. Photography monograph, Italian edition.

    Robert Mapplethorpe — Fotografie, Idea Books Edizioni, Milan, 1983

    Robert Mapplethorpe — Fotografie, Idea Books Edizioni, Milan, 1983