Robert Mapplethorpe

Untitled (Helen Marden)
c. 1974

A black and white artistic photograph of a person partially obscured by out-of-focus foliage in the foreground, creating a dreamy and ethereal effect. The person appears contemplative, with their gaze directed slightly off-camera. The image has a white border and is presented on a plain background.

A black and white artistic photograph of a person partially obscured by out-of-focus foliage in the foreground, creating a dreamy and ethereal effect. The person appears contemplative, with their gaze directed slightly off-camera. The image has a white border and is presented on a plain background.

Not on view

Date
c. 1974

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid)

Dimensions
Sheet: 5 1/8 × 4 1/8in. (13 × 10.5 cm)

Accession number
2008.219

Edition
Unique

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission

API
artworks/33252

Exhibitions

Polaroids: Mapplethorpe

May 3–Sept 14, 2008

Robert Mapplethorpe
19 works in the collection

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