Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989), Self-Portrait

Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989)
Self-Portrait
signed and dated 'Robert Mapplethorpe 1985' (lower right); numbered '4/10' (lower left); signed and dated three times '1985 Robert Mapplethorpe' (in photographer's copyright credit stamp on the reverse of the flush mount)
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board
image: 15 1/8 x 15 ¼in. (38.7 x 38.7cm.)
sheet: 19 ¾ x 16in. (50.1 x 40.6cm.)
Photographed in 1985 and printed in 1985, this work is number four from an edition of ten plus two artist's proofs

Other gelatin silver prints from this edition are in the joint collection of the J. Paul Getty Trust and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Artist Rooms Collection, jointly owned by Tate, London and the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

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Provenance
Fredrika Hunter, Houston.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Pre-Lot Text
FOUR SELF-PORTRAITS BY ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE

Literature
M. Holborn and D. Levas (eds.), Mapplethorpe, London 1995, p. 297 (another example illustrated).
R. Koch (ed.), Master Photographers, Paris 2012, p. 292 (another example illustrated).

Exhibited
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Robert Mapplethorpe: Ten by Ten, 1988 (another example exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Paris, Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou.
Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment, 1988- 1990 (another example exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Washington, Washington Project for the Arts; Hartford, Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum; Berkeley, University Art Museum, University of California; Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center and Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art.
London, National Portrait Gallery, Mapplethorpe Portraits, 1988, p. 32, no. 12 (another example exhibited and illustrated, unpaged; illustrated on the front cover).
Tokyo, Teien Museum, Robert Mapplethorpe, 1992-1993 (another example exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Mito, Contemporary Art Gallery; Kamakura, The Museum of Modern Art; Nagoya, Nagoya City Art Museum and Shiga, The Museum of Modern Art.
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Robert Mapplethorpe, curated by Germano Celant, 1992-1997 (another example exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Venice, Centro di Documentazione di Palazzo Fortuny; Turin, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea; Stockholm, Moderna Museet; Prato, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea; Manila, Residence of Embassador Negroponte; Prato, Museo Pecci Prato; Turku, Finland, Turun Taidemuseo; Brussels, Palais des Beaux Arts; Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum of Art; Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró; Vienna, KunstHausWien; Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art; Perth, Art Gallery of Western Australia; Wellington, New Zealand, City Gallery Wellington; London, Hayward Gallery; Dublin, Gallery of Photography; São Paulo, Museo de Art Moderna and Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie.
Paris, Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Les autoportraits de Mapplethorpe, 1996, no. 40 (another example exhibited and illustrated, unpaged).
Valencia, Centre Cultural La Beneficencia, Robert Mapplethorpe, 1999 (another example exhibited).
Turin, Palazzo della Promotrice, Robert Mapplethorpe: Tra antico e moderno: Un' antologia, 2006 (another example exhibited).
Prien am Chiemseem, Germany, Galerie im Alten Rathaus, Robert Mapplethorpe: Porträts und Erotik, 2006 (another example exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Klagenfurt, Austria, Stadtgalerie.
Bogota, FotoMuseo National Museum of Photography, Fotografica Bogota, 2009 (another example exhibited).
Florence, Galleria dell’Accademia, Robert Mapplethorpe: Perfection in Form, 2009-2010 (another example exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Lugano, Museo de Arte.
Dusseldorf, NRW-Forum Kultur Wirtschaft, Robert Mapplethorpe, 2010 (another example exhibited).
Berlin, C/O Berlin, Robert Mapplethorpe, 2011. This exhibition later travelled to Stockholm, Fotografiska and Milan, Forma Foundation for Photography (another example exhibited).
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, From Van Gogh to FaceTime: Self-portraits in the 20th and 21st Centuries, 2012-2013 (another example exhibited).
New York, Skarstedt Gallery, Robert Mapplethorpe Self-Portraits, 2013.
Paris, Musée Rodin, Mapplethorpe/Rodin, 2014, no. 39, p. 150 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum at The Getty Center, Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium, 2016-2018, p. 308, no. 138 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 181; illustrated on the front cover). This exhibition later travelled to Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Montreal, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal; Rotterdam, Kunsthal Rotterdam and Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales.