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Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe

1946

WA-00012519

Photography

Representation

None documented

6

Institutional Exhibitions

120

Works in Collection

177

Assets Indexed

6

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ312786

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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No image

For 20 Years: Editions Schellmann

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989–1990

No image

Self Portrait: The Photographer's Persona, 1840�1985

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

No image

People Watching

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

No image

Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

No image

Artists by Artists

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

No image

New Art for the New Year

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977–1978

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
LocationWikidata + Gallery Generic· 80%
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (8)

Xavier-Hufkenshttps://www.xavierhufkens.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Gladstonehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/robert-mapplethorpe
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Sean-Kellyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/robert-mapplethorpe
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Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/robert-mapplethorpe
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Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/robert-mapplethorpe
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White-Cubehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/robert-mapplethorpe
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3745
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Robert Mapplethorpe yet.

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Movement

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Medium

Photography

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Rijksmuseum Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (120)

Self-Portrait

1988 · Photograph, gelatine silver print on paper

support: 577 x 481 mm frame: 850 x 747 x 22 mm

Skull

1988 · Photograph, gelatine silver print on paper

support: 476 x 470 mm

Eva Amurri

1988 · Photograph, gelatine silver print on paper

support: 476 x 471 mm frame: 816 x 784 x 30 mm

Self-Portrait

1988 · Photograph, gelatine silver print on paper

support: 271 x 575 mm frame: 616 x 895 x 29 mm

1988 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 24 3/4 × 19 7/8 in. (62.9 × 50.5 cm) Image: 23 1/16 × 19 1/4 in. (58.6 × 48.9 cm) Mount: 24 3/4 × 19 7/8 × 1/16 in. (62.9 × 50.5 × 0.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Neck

1988 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 48.7 × 48.7 cm (19 3/16 × 19 3/16 in.); Paper/mount: 60 × 50 cm (23 5/8 × 19 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Kynaston McShine

Kynaston McShine

1988 · Gelatin silver print

19 × 18 1/2" (48.3 × 47 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Kynaston McShine

Kynaston McShine

1988 · Gelatin silver print

19 × 18 1/2" (48.3 × 47 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1988 · Gelatin silver print

4 3/4 × 4 15/16" (12 × 12.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Self-Portrait

1988 · Gelatin silver print

12 × 23 1/8" (30.5 × 58.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from America

Untitled from America

1988 · One from a portfolio of three lithographs

composition: 26 1/4 x 21 3/4" (66.6 x 55.2 cm); sheet: 29 3/4 x 24 13/16" (75.5 x 63 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from America

Untitled from America

1988 · One from a portfolio of three lithographs

composition: 26 1/4 x 21 3/4" (66.6 x 55.3 cm); sheet: 29 3/4 x 24 13/16" (75.5 x 63.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from America

Untitled from America

1988 · One from a portfolio of three lithographs

composition: 26 1/4 x 21 3/4" (66.7 x 55.3 cm); sheet: 29 3/4 x 24 13/16" (75.5 x 63.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hermes

1988 · Gelatin silver print

19 1/4 × 19 1/4" (48.9 × 48.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1987 · Three gelatin silver prints in frame

Overall: 43 7/8 × 43 7/8 × 1 1/4 in. (111.4 × 111.4 × 3.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Melody/Shoe

1987 · Gelatin silver print

19 1/4 × 19 1/4" (48.9 × 48.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Andy Warhol

1986 · Photograph, gelatine silver print on paper

support: 570 x 475 mm

Willem de Kooning

Willem de Kooning

1986 · Photograph, gelatine silver print on paper

support: 476 x 471 mm

Andy Warhol

1986 · Photograph, gelatine silver print on paper

support: 476 x 471 mm frame: 784 x 816 x 30 mm

Brice Marden

1986 · Photograph, gelatine silver print on paper

support: 476 x 471 mm

Gun Blast

1985 · Photograph, gelatine silver print on paper

unconfirmed: 508 x 406 mm

Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein

1985 · Photograph, gelatine silver print on paper

unconfirmed: 610 x 508 mm

Meredith Monk

1985 · Photograph, gelatine silver print on paper

support: 372 x 374 mm

Lindsay Key

1985 · Photograph, gelatine silver print on paper

support: 477 x 377 mm

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Artwork sources (5)

120 published of 165 catalogued · 155 with image

Tate
63 published63 img
MoMA
43 publishedof 88 catalogued80 img
Rijksmuseum
6 published6 img
Art Institute Chicago
6 published6 img
Whitney
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Orchid
1985 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Calla Lilly
1985 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Jack Walls
1982 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Flower
1985 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Benno Premsela
1980 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Hans van Manen
1979 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Patti Smith
1979 · Tate · 1 prov
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Orchid and Hand
1983 · Tate · 1 prov
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Lindsay Key
1985 · Tate · 1 prov
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Meredith Monk
1985 · Tate · 1 prov
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Record

Images

12 assets

Philip Prioleau (1980)

Rijksmuseum

Jack Walls (1982)

Rijksmuseum

Hans van Manen (1979)

Rijksmuseum

Hans van Manen (1979)

Rijksmuseum

Benno Premsela (1980)

Rijksmuseum

Flower (c. 1985)

Rijksmuseum

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Koch Vore Perfect Moment Cincinatti 1990

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

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Relationships

11

Collections11

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art Rijksmuseum

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

In collection

Rijksmuseum

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Heritage Auctions

Background

Education

Pratt Institute

Visual Arts

Martin Van Buren High School

Visual Arts