Robert Mapplethorpe
Self-portrait

Self-portrait

© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission.

Self-portrait
Self-portrait
ArtistAmerican, 1946–1989
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Self-portrait
Date1988
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 × 23 1/8 in. (27.9 × 58.7 cm)
Sheet: 19 1/4 × 23 13/16 in. (48.9 × 60.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting. The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.3100
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Robert Miller Gallery, New York]; [Lunn Ltd.]; Purchased by Manfred Heiting; given to MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso, lower center (with inserted inscriptions in black): "© 1988 Robert Mapplethorpe / This photograph was taken in 1988 / and printed in 1988. It may not / be reproduced without written permission / by the photographer [signature]"

Inscribed recto, beneath image: "1/10 / [signature] '88"
Signed in black, verso, lower center, and recto, lower right.

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