{"product_id":"robert-mapplethorpe-2000-calendar-cd-case-edition-teneues-1999","title":"Robert Mapplethorpe — 2000 Calendar (CD Case Edition), teNeues, 1999","description":"\u003cp\u003e12 × 14 cm. Complete calendar comprising 12 monthly photograph cards housed in the original clear CD jewel case with printed cover insert. Offset printed in black and white. Complete with all twelve monthly cards and original jewel case. Light signs of handling and age consistent with use.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIssued by German publisher teNeues for the year 2000, this compact desk calendar belongs to the wave of beautifully designed art calendars that proliferated during the late 1990s, when museum-quality photography was increasingly adapted into affordable collectible formats. Drawing upon Robert Mapplethorpe’s established archive, teNeues presented twelve iconic black-and-white photographs as removable monthly cards housed in a standard CD jewel case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe choice of the CD case is particularly emblematic of its moment. Around 1999–2000, the compact disc represented contemporary visual culture as much as recorded music, and publishers increasingly borrowed its packaging language for small-format editions. The result sits somewhere between artist’s multiple, photographic portfolio, desktop object, and design product.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished a decade after Mapplethorpe’s death, at a moment when his reputation had shifted from controversy to canon, the calendar documents how his work entered everyday domestic life. Rather than existing only as expensive monographs or gallery prints, these images became part of desks, offices, and homes — handled monthly, displayed briefly, then replaced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe CD jewel case further anchors the object within a now-disappearing technological moment. It belongs equally to the history of publishing, graphic design, and photography, making it an increasingly appealing crossover collectible for those interested in late twentieth-century visual culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile thousands were undoubtedly produced, many were discarded after the year 2000 or broken up for individual images. Complete examples retaining all twelve monthly cards, original case, and insert have become steadily less common.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included in the listed price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"teNeues Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53783341629778,"sku":"MAPPLETHORPE-TENEUES-CAT-1999","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Mapplethorpe_Robert._2000_Calendar_CD_case_edition_front.jpg?v=1781760377","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/robert-mapplethorpe-2000-calendar-cd-case-edition-teneues-1999","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}