By Robert Mapplethorpe
Located in Downingtown, PA
Robert Mapplethorpe Botanical Plate,
Calla Lily, 1984
Made By Swid Powell
The Robert Mapplethorpe porcelain plate depicts in black and white a Calla Lily made in 1984. It is lithographically printed porcelain based on Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs and made by Swid Powell.
Robert Michael Mapplethorpe was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-portraits, and still-life images. He was concerned with Classical aspects of beauty, whether in his nudes, floral still life pictures, or self-portraits—light, shadow, composition, and form were central to all his work.
Dimensions: 12 inches diameter x 1 inch height
Reference: Annette Tapert, Swid Powell: Objects by Architects, New York, 1990, pp. 142-43
See: Examples from this series can be found in the MFAH, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Also see Yale University Art Gallery for an examples.
Robert Mapplethorpe was born on November 4, 1946, in Floral Park...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Porcelain Decorative Art