Robert Mapplethorpe (1979)

Original announcement card, Robert Samuel Gallery, New York, 1979. Accompanied by an invitation to the opening, as well as the original list of works exhibited (with prices). Condition: Excellent (only the list of works is yellowed).

500€

Rare ephemera concerning the Robert Maplethorpe exhibition in 1979 at the Robert Samuel Gallery (Broadway, New York). The invitation is accompanied by a very precious document: the list of the works exhibited with their prices. We can find some of his masterpieces there: Leather Man (I, II, III), François, Patti Smith, Bondage, Self-Portrait… It was at the end of the 1970s that Mapplethorpe showed a growing interest in sadomasochistic circles. His documentary work around this theme shocks a large number of his contemporaries but propels his career.