Robert Mapplethorpe
Black Shoes

Black Shoes

© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission.

Black Shoes
Black Shoes
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)
Credit LineGift of Michael A. Caddell and Cynthia Chapman
Object number98.233.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Robert Mapplethorpe," Whitney Museum of American Art, July 27 - October 23, 1988.

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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