Implicit tensions: Mapplethorpe Now
Part one
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Robert Mapplethorpe Pictures / Self Portrait 1977 Gelatin silver print image: 13 7/8 x 13 5/8 inches (35.2 x 34.6 cm); sheet: 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches (50.5 x 40.3 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, 1993 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission |
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Robert Mapplethorpe Pictures / Self Portrait 1977 Gelatin silver print image: 13 7/8 x 13 5/8 inches (35.2 x 34.6 cm); sheet: 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches (50.5 x 40.3 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, 1993 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission |
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Robert Mapplethorpe Pictures / Self Portrait 1977 Gelatin silver print image: 13 7/8 x 13 5/8 inches (35.2 x 34.6 cm); sheet: 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches (50.5 x 40.3 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, 1993 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission |
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Robert Mapplethorpe Self Portrait 1980 Gelatin silver print 14 x 14 inches (35.6 x 35.6 cm); sheet: 19 15/16 x 15 15/16 inches (50.6 x 40.5 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, 1993 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission |
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Robert Mapplethorpe Lisa Lyon 1981 Gelatin silver print image: 19 1/16 x 15 3/16 inches (48.4 x 38.6 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, 1993 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission |
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Robert Mapplethorpe Ken Moody 1983 Gelatin silver print image: 15 1/8 x 15 1/4 inches (38.4 x 38.7 cm); sheet: 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches (50.5 x 40.3 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, 1993 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission |
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Robert Mapplethorpe Ken Moody and Robert Sherman 1984 Platinum-palladium print: 19 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches (49.5 x 50.2 cm); sheet: 25 13/16 x 23 1/8 inches (65.6 x 58.7 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, 1993 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission |
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Robert Mapplethorpe Thomas 1987 Gelatin silver print image: 19 1/4 x 19 3/16 inches (48.9 x 48.7 cm); sheet: 23 3/4 x 19 13/16 inches (60.3 x 50.3 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, 1993 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission |
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Robert Mapplethorpe Self Portrait 1988 Platinum-palladium print image: 23 1/8 x 19 1/16 inches (58.7 x 48.4 cm); sheet: 26 3/4 x 22 5/8 inches (67.9 x 57.5 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, 1993 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission |
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Robert Mapplethorpe Ajitto 1981 Gelatin silver print image: 17 15/16 x 14 1/16 inches (45.6 x 35.7 cm); sheet: 19 7/8 inches x 16 inches (50.5 x 40.6 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, 1993 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission |
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Robert Mapplethorpe Cindy Sherman 1983 Gelatin silver print image:19 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches (48.9 x 38.7 cm); sheet: 19 13/16 x 15 15/16 inches (50.3 x 40.5 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, 1995 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission |
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Robert Mapplethorpe Ken Moody 1983 Platinum print mounted on board image: 19 5/16 x 19 7/16 inches (49.1 x 49.4 cm); sheet: 26 x 22 5/16 inches (66 x 56.7 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, 1995 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission |
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Robert Mapplethorpe Andy Warhol 1986 Gelatin silver print image: 19 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches (48.9 x 48.9 cm); sheet: 23 7/8 x 19 7/8 inches (60.6 x 50.5 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, 1995 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission |
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Robert Mapplethorpe Derrick Cross 1983 Gelatin silver print image: 19 3/16 x 15 3/8 inches (48.7 x 39.1 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, 1996 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission |
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Robert Mapplethorpe Ken and Tyler 1985 Platinum-palladium print image: 23 3/8 x 19 3/4 inches (59.4 x 50.2 cm); sheet: 26 15/16 x 22 1/2 inches (68.4 x 57.2 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, 1996 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission |
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Robert Mapplethorpe Sleeping Cupid 1989 Gelatin silver print image: 20 3/8 x 20 1/4 inches (51.7 x 51.5 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, 1997 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission |
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Robert Mapplethorpe Self Portrait 1985 Platinum-palladium print image: 19 5/16 x 19 5/8 inches (49.1 x 49.8 cm); sheet: 25 13/16 x 22 1/4 inches (65.6 x 56.5 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, 1998 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission |
Implicit tensions: Mapplethorpe Now. 2019
All works by Robert Mapplethorpe
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission
Exhibition organized by Lauren Hinkson, Associate Curator, Collections, and Susan Thompson, Associate Curator, with Levi Prombaum, Curatorial Assistant, Collections.
July 24, 2019–January 5, 2020 at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
For further information about the exhibition www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/mapplethorpe
All images used courtesy of Guggenheim Foundation
All rights reserved