Robert Mapplethorpe - Flora: les fleurs de Mapplethorpe - 2016

Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989) is one of the most important artists of the twentieth century, known for his groundbreaking and provocative work. He studied painting, drawing, and sculpture in Brooklyn during the 1960s and began taking photographs after acquiring a Polaroid camera in 1970.

Beginning in 1973 and until his death in 1989, Mapplethorpe explored the flower with extraordinary dedication, using a range of photographic processes — from Polaroids to dye-transfer color works. In carefully constructed compositions, he captured roses, orchids, snapdragons, daisies, tulips, and other species — both common and rare — and forever transformed the way we perceive a classic and familiar subject. The result — a stunning body of work — is collected in this elegant book, Flora: les fleurs de Mapplethorpe.

This large and heavy book is new, in mint condition, still sealed in plastic. The book (in a slipcase) comes with the original carton box. The book and slipcase are in perfect, mint condition; the carton box has a few minor imperfections, including a darker spot on the side and bottom from a removed piece of tape. See photos to get a good impression. Photos from the inside of the book are from a different copy and for reference only.

The book will be carefully packaged and sent with track & trace (DHL). For non-EU countries, the Dutch postal service PostNL might be used. The package cannot be sent to the USA due to customs regulations.