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Polaroids : Mapplethorpe
- Title
- Polaroids : Mapplethorpe / Sylvia Wolf.
- Author
- Wolf, Sylvia, 1957-
- Publication
- Munich ; New York : Prestel, ©2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Description
- 254 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
- Summary
- "Critically praised for his finely modeled and classically composed photographs, Mapplethorpe remains intensely controversial and enormously popular. Revealing the themes that would inspire Mapplethorpe throughout his career, this book brings together almost three hundred images, many never published, from the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation's archive and private collections, to provide a critical view of Mapplethorpe's formative years as an artist. Included is a selection of his colour Polaroids and objects incorporating his early instant photographs. Some images convey a disarming tenderness and vulnerability, while others a toughness and immediacy that would give way in later years to more classical form. The author traces the development of Mapplethorpe's use of instant photography during a period of five years, from 1970 to 1975, when the artist worked mainly in this medium. The images include self-portraits, figure studies, still lifes, portraits of lovers and friends such as Patti Smith, Sam Wagstaff and Marianne Faithful and observations of everyday objects ..."--Publisher description.
- Subject
- Mapplethorpe, Robert > Exhibitions
- Mapplethorpe, Robert
- Mapplethorpe, Robert 1946-1989
- Mapplethorpe, Robert > utställningar
- Mapplethorpe, Robert
- Photography, Artistic > Exhibitions
- Photography, Artistic
- Sofortbildfotografie
- Fotografer > Förenta staterna > 1945- > utställningskataloger
- Fotografi > Förenta staterna > 1970-talet > utställningskataloger
- Polaroidfotografi > Förenta staterna > 1970-talet > utställningskataloger
- Porträttfotografi > Förenta staterna > 1970-talet > utställningskataloger
- Nakenfotografi > Förenta staterna > 1970-talet > utställningskataloger
- Erotisk fotografi > Förenta staterna > 1970-talet > utställningskataloger
- Fotokonst > Förenta staterna > 1970-talet > utställningskataloger
- New York <NY, 2008>
- Genre/Form
- exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Catalogues d'exposition.
- Note
- Catalog of an exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, May 2008.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-247) and index.
- Contents
- Color plates -- An authentic artlessness: Robert Mapplethorpe's polaroids 1970-1975 -- Black-and-white plates -- Essay notes -- Plate list -- Selected exhibition history -- Selected bibliography -- Index of names.
- ISBN
- 9783791338354
- 3791338358
- 9783791348704
- 3791348701
- LCCN
- 2007929939
- OCLC
- ocn166763671
- 166763671
- SCSB-1449700
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library