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
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
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
Portrait Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Donald Sutherland (b.1934), 1983
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
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Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
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
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
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
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
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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:
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 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.
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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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