Robert Mapplethorpe
Cock

Cock

© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission.

Cock
Cock
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Cock
Date1981
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 1/8 × 15 3/16 in. (38.4 × 38.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.875
Not on view

Explore Further

Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"Tradition and the Unpredictable: The Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Upper Jones and Wiess Galleries; January 16-March 27, 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black, recto, beneath lower left corner of image: "6/10"

Stamped in black, verso of original mount: "© 1981 Robert Mapplethorpe / This photograph was taken in 1981 / and printed in 1981. It may not be reproduced without written permission / by the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe"

Inscribed recto of mount, lower right: "658".
Signed, recto of sheet, in black, below the lower right corner of image: "Robert Mapplethorpe '81"

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Jack Walls
Robert Mapplethorpe
1982
Gelatin silver print
91.874
Jim & Tom, Sausalito
Robert Mapplethorpe
1977
Gelatin silver prints with artist's frame
98.234.A-.C
Ajitto
Robert Mapplethorpe
1981
Gelatin silver print
2002.1601.1
Ajitto
Robert Mapplethorpe
1981
Gelatin silver print
2002.1601.3
Ajitto
Robert Mapplethorpe
1981
Gelatin silver print
2002.1601.2
Lynn Davis
Robert Mapplethorpe
1979
Gelatin silver print
2002.1603
Beaumont Newhall
Barbara Morgan
1942
Gelatin silver print
2002.1695
Ada
Robert Mapplethorpe
1982
Gelatin silver print
2002.1602
from the series Trinidad
Iván Cañas
1968–1979
Gelatin silver print
2023.1116
Lisa Lyon
Robert Mapplethorpe
1981
Gelatin silver print
2002.1606
Tulip
Robert Mapplethorpe
1987
Gelatin silver print
94.800
Black Shoes
Robert Mapplethorpe
1974
Gelatin silver prints with artist's frame
98.233.A,.B