Robert Mapplethorpe
Flower

Flower

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Flower
Flower
ArtistAmerican, active 1982–c. 1994
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Flower
Date1986
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 × 12 in. diameter (3.2 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2014.643
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Bottom: Inscribed in printed ink, center: Swid Powell / © / "Flower, 1986"

Bottom: Signed in printed ink, center: Robert Mapplethorpe / [cursive]
Bottom: Signed in printed ink, center: Robert Mapplethorpe / [cursive]
Bottom: Label in white ink on black background, bottom center: MADE / IN / JAPAN

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