317 Linear Feet
(311 boxes, 13 flatfile folders, 3 rolls)
Abstract:
The papers and photographs of Robert
Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) span the artist's career, from his early drawings, collages and
jewelry to his renowned photographic work in the 1970s and 1980s. The photographic material
in the archive includes Polaroids, photographs, commercial commissions, test shots, and
non-editioned prints from the same photography sessions as his editioned prints. Also
included in the archive are films, personal and professional correspondence, studio
documents, interviews, clippings, exhibition files, financial records, and collected
items.
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Language:
Collection material is in English
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute Special Collections 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles 90049-1688 reference@getty.edu URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref (310) 440-7390
