Robert Mapplethorpe

Orchid and Leaf in White Vase
1982

A black and white photograph featuring a slender white vase on a dark surface against a black background. The vase contains a single, long-stemmed plant with a curved stalk and two blooming flowers. The composition emphasizes contrast and elegant simplicity.
A black and white photograph featuring a slender white vase on a dark surface against a black background. The vase contains a single, long-stemmed plant with a curved stalk and two blooming flowers. The composition emphasizes contrast and elegant simplicity.

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Date
1982

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 36 3/16 × 30in. (91.9 × 76.2 cm) Mount: 36 5/16 × 30 × 1/16in. (92.2 × 76.2 × 0.2 cm)

Accession number
95.209

Edition
Unique

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz in honor of Leonard A. Lauder

Rights and reproductions
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission

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