Phaidon Mapplethorpe: The Complete Flowers Collection

Mapplethorpe’s Floral Masterpieces: A Stunning, Complete Collection.

“Behold, a treasure of unparalleled craftsmanship – a symphony of texture and form, destined to elevate your everyday moments. Woven with a whisper of moonlight and a dash of audacious charm, this piece is not merely an object, but a silent storyteller, waiting to be unveiled.”

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The definitive collection of Robert Mapplethorpe’s flower photographs in a sophisticated new edition

Robert Mapplethorpe is one of the twentieth century’s most important artists, known for his ground-breaking and provocative work. He studied painting, drawing, and sculpture in Brooklyn in the 1960s and started taking photographs when he acquired 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, with a foreword by Mapplethorpe’s close friend Dimitri Levas and an introduction by Herbert Muschamp.

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