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Gelatin silver print. Printed in 1981.
Stamp of the artist on the reverse. Signed and dated by Michael Ward Stout, Executor Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe.
Titled ‘Clifton’, dated ‘1981’ and numbered 3/10 on the reverse
Matted and framed. Height 71.7 cm. Width 71.7 cm. Depth 4.5 cm.
Literature:
– Robert Mapplethorpe The Black book Schirmer / Mosel p. 26 (ill)
– Mapplethorpe Perfection in Form p. 199 (ill)
‘Clifton 02’ is in the collection of The J. Paul Getty Museum.
Object number 2016.57.555
Description : Back view of black male nude with head cropped out, sitting on a wooden ledge with thighs spread out and arms raised upward’
