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Original works by Robert Mapplethorpe available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Museums and Public Art Galleries:
 Art Institute of Chicago
Guggenheim Museum, New York City
Guggenheim Museum, New York City
Robert Mapplethorpe at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Biography available, but no works viewable online
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Robert
Brooklyn Museum, New York City NEW!
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)
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
Ajitto, 1981
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts NEW!
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Carleton, 1987
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Irises, 1988
Robert Mapplethorpe in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
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
Neue Galerie Graz, Austria
Joe, New York City, 1978
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida NEW!
Tampa Orchid, 1986
Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey NEW!
Reina Sofía National Museum, Madrid NEW! (in Spanish) 
University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum
Pictures from Image Archives:
Artcyclopedia
Masterscan feature: Roy Cohn
Art-Forum Photography Galleries
Brian Yoder's Art Gallery and Critic's Corner
Masters of Photography
USC Annenberg School for Communication
Web Sites Dedicated to the Artist:
Mapplethorpe
Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation
Miscellaneous Sites:
AnalisisFotografia (in Spanish)
ArtDaily - Exhibition Photo Galleries
Mapplethorpe and the Classical Tradition (12 works online)
Rolling Stone Magazine
Cover photograph of Peter Gabriel
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Photograph of the artist by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Articles and Reference Sites:
Answers.com reference works 
The "Art Encyclopedia" entry is from the Concise Grove Dictionary of Art (2002). The "Photography Encyclopedia" entry is from the The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (2005).
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 75-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
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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