black and white photograph; front 3/4 view of white calla lily with some view of the stem; black background

%C2%A9 Robert Mapplethorpe %2F The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

Calla Lily, 1987

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Gift of Steven M. Andersenexpand_more  2013.55.1

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Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the most famous photographers of the late 20th century. Though perhaps best known for his shocking, sexually-charged images, he had an exquisite sensibility for the beautiful. Near the end of his life, he entered into collaboration with Steve Anderson of Vermillion Editions Limited. Mapplethorpe supplied the present photographs to Anderson who used them as the basis for a photolithographic diptych published by Vermillion in 1988.

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Title
Calla Lily
Artist Life
1946 - 1989
Role
Photographer
Accession Number
2013.55.1
Provenance
The artist; given to Vermillion Editions Limited, Minneapolis, 1988; Steven Andersen, until 2013; given to MIA.
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black and white photograph; front 3/4 view of white calla lily with some view of the stem; black background

© Robert Mapplethorpe / The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

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