Robert Mapplethorpe
Orchid with Palmetto

Orchid with Palmetto

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Orchid with Palmetto
Orchid with Palmetto
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Orchid with Palmetto
Date1982
PlaceUnited States
MediumDye imbibition print
DimensionsImage: 11 3/16 × 10 15/16 in. (28.4 × 27.8 cm)
Sheet: 19 3/8 × 16 1/16 in. (49.2 × 40.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1604
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceEstate of the artist; [Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris]; purchased by Manfred Heiting, February 11, 1996; given to MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment", Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; University Art Museum, Berkeley; and Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Tour began 12/9/1988 and ran until 8/31/1990.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso, bottom center (with insertions in ink): "© 1982 Robert Mapplethorpe / This photograph was taken in 1982 / and printed in 1982. It may not / be reproduced without written permission / by the photographer [signature]"

Inscribed in black, verso, bottom left: "DT-710 1/1 Orchid with Palmetto 1982"

Back label (now in Registrar's object file): "ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE: THE PERFECT MOMENT / Institute of Contemporary Art, Univ. of Penna: 12/9/88-1/29/89 / Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago: 2/25/89-4/9/89 / Corcoran Gallery of Art, Wash. D.C.: 7/1/89-9/3/89 / Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford: 10/8/89-12/24/89 / Univ. Art Museum, Berkeley: 1/17/90-3/18/90 / Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston: 6/14/90-8/31/90 / Loan #:49.1988.7 / Cat #008"

Back label (now in Registrar's object file): "ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE / Copyright © 1982 / Orchid with Palmetto, 1982 / unique dye-transfer / MAP#DT-710"

Back label (now in Registrar's object file): "baudoin lebon / auteur: R. Mapplethorpe / titre: Orchid with Palmetto / date: 1982 / dimensions: 27,5 x 26,6 cm / technique: Dye transfer / référence: BL 17833 (Mapp #DT0710) / 38 rue sainte croix de la bretonnerie 75004 paris / téléphone (33) 01 42 72 09 10 télécopie (33) 01 42 72 02 20"
verso bottom center in ink "Robert Mapplethorpe"

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