Artist
Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946–1989)American, 1946–1989
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Black Shoes
Date1974
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver prints with artist's frame
DimensionsImage (Each): 13 × 10 in. (33 × 25.4 cm)
Frame (Artist's frame): 36 7/8 × 44 5/8 × 1 in. (93.7 × 113.3 × 2.5 cm)
Frame (Artist's frame): 36 7/8 × 44 5/8 × 1 in. (93.7 × 113.3 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael A. Caddell and Cynthia Chapman
Object number98.233.A,.B
Non exposé
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PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: There are three gallery labels on the backboard: 1.) Texas Gallery, 2012 Peden. 2.) Holly Solomon Gallery 392 West Broadway, New York, NY 10012. 3.) Robert Miller Gallery 41 E.57th St. New York, NY. There are two exhibition labels on the backboard: 1.) Whitney Museum of American Art. 2.) Mapplethorpe European Retrospective (checklist #206) (no date).
The photographs are unsigned
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