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Xavier Hufkens

Robert Mapplethorpe

NYC Contemporary, 1980

silver gelatin print, edition of 15
40.6 x 50.8 cm, 16 x 20 in.

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Mapplethorpe took a series of photographs for the NYC Contemporary Ballet Company which were used to promote performances taking place from 25 to 30 November, 1980. Although this image was not included in the campaign, it is from the same session.


Permanent Collections

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

Exhibitions

  • Robert Mapplethorpe: Physical. Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, March 18 - April 22, 2023.
  • Robert Mapplethorpe: Choreography for an Exhibition. MADRE, Naples, Italy, December 14, 2018 - April 22, 2019
  • Robert Mapplethorpe. 11 Columbia / Galleria Franco Noero, Monte Carlo, Monaco, April 28 - June 24, 2016
  • Robert Mapplethorpe: Sell the Public Flowers. Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany, October 4 - November 15, 2014.
  • Robert Mapplethorpe: Fashion Show. Alison Jacques Gallery, London, England, September 11 - October 5, 2013

NYC Contemporary Ballet mailer, 1980