Skip to navigation Skip to main content
Xavier Hufkens

Robert Mapplethorpe

Dorothy Dean, 1978

silver gelatin print, edition of 10
50.8 x 40.6 cm, 20 x 16 in.

Inquire about this work

Dorothy Dean was an African American socialite, connected to Andy Warhol's The Factory—for which she appeared in several films; and to the nightclub and restaurant Max's Kansas City, where she worked as door person.


Permanent Collections

  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art / J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California

Exhibitions

  • Robert Mapplethorpe: Au Début (works from 1970-1979). Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium, June 6 - July 27, 2013
  • Robert Mapplethorpe: Eros and Order. Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 4 - August 2, 2010
  • Robert Mapplethorpe. Curated by Jill Silverman. Es Baluard Museu d'Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Palma, Spain, March 13 - May 17, 2009. Traveled to: TR3 Gallery and National Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2009); Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spain (2009)
  • Robert Mapplethorpe: Portraits. Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA, January 17 - April 9, 2009. Traveled to: Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ (2009); San José Museum of Art, San José, CA (2011)
  • Robert Mapplethorpe. Curated by Robert Wilson. Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria, July 22 - September 23, 2006
  • Robert Mapplethorpe. Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria, November 29, 2002 - January 29, 2003
  • Robert Mapplethorpe, 1970-1983. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England, November 4 - December 19, 1983. Traveled to: Stills Centre for Photography, Edinburgh, Scotland; Arnolfini, Bristol, England (1983) Midland Group, Nottingham, England (1984); Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England (1984)

Publications

  • MX7: MapplethorpeX7. Edited by Richard Flood. New York: teNeues, 2011. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Robert Mapplethorpe: Eros and Order. Edited by Anne Tucker. Buenos Aires, Argentina: MALBA - Fundación Constantini, 2010. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Robert Mapplethorpe. Palma, Spain: Es Baluard Museu d'Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, 2009. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Robert Mapplethorpe. Ljubljana, Slovenia: TR3 Gallery and The National Gallery, 2009. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Robert Mapplethorpe. Malaga, Spain: Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spain, 2009. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Portraits. Edited by Gordon Baldwin. Palm Springs, CA: Palm Springs Art Museum, 2009. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Robert Mapplethorpe: Certain People: A Book of Portraits. Edited by Robert Mapplethorpe. Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1985. Monograph
  • Robert Mapplethorpe 1970-1983. Edited by ICA. London, England: ICA, 1983. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Robert Mapplethorpe Frankfurter Kunstverein. Edited by Peter Weiermair. Germany: Frankfurter Kunstverein, 1981. Exhibition Catalogue