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Robert Mapplethorpe
[American Photographer, 1946-1989]
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Robert Mapplethorpe Works Online
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Original works by Robert Mapplethorpe available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
Art Institute of Chicago NEW!
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas NEW! (There is a "Download" link for zooming in on some works, but confusingly this may take a while to become active)
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco NEW!
Guggenheim Museum, New York City
Guggenheim Museum, New York City Click "View all" to see a total of 32 works online
Museum of Modern Art, New York City Includes biographical information about the artist
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh NEW!
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. NEW! Includes a biography of the artist
Portrait Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Donald Sutherland (b.1934), 1983
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. NEW!
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City Information about a 2008 exhibition
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Robert
Brooklyn Museum, New York City
Brooklyn Museum/Luce Center for American Art, New York City (Undocumented Feature: In many cases the raw JPG image is much larger than displayed on the screen)
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts Harvard have works in their collections, but unfortunately you have to type in the search yourself
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri Carleton, 1987
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri Irises, 1988
Los Angeles County Museum of Art NEW!
Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago Note the link at the bottom of the page to all works in their collection by Robert Mapplethorpe
Philadelphia Museum of Art NEW!
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida Tampa Orchid, 1986
Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey
Reina Sofía National Museum, Madrid (in Spanish)
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel Louise Nevelson, 1986
University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums 2 works online when last checked
Art Market: (e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Art Signature Dictionary NEW!
Christie's Past Sale Archive (database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive (database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Art-Forum Photography Galleries
Masters of Photography
USC Annenberg School for Communication
Additional Image Search Tools:
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Miscellaneous Sites:
Mapplethorpe
Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation
AnalisisFotografia (in Spanish)
ArtDaily - Exhibition Photo Galleries Mapplethorpe and the Classical Tradition (12 works online)
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Photograph of the artist by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Robert Mapplethorpe Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum) Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Art + Auction Magazine Self-Portrait, 1988
Deutsche Bank Artmag Robert Mapplethorpe and the Classical Tradition
Frieze Magazine "Mapplethorpe: A Biography"
Frieze Magazine Review (from issue 83): Robert Mapplethorpe: Pictures Pictures
PhotoQuotes
The Guardian Newspaper, UK Essay on Patti Smith, ca.1974
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
Look Inside Books: | Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader. | |
Search Inside Books: | Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy. Note: Some "Search Inside" features are limited to people signed in to an account which has previously made a purchase at Amazon. | |
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Mapplethorpe: A Biography
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Mapplethorpe
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Playing With the Edge
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Mapplethorpe: Assault With a Deadly Camera
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Flowers
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Black Book: Miniature Edition
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Robert Mapplethorpe: Autoportrait
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