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Xavier Hufkens

Robert Mapplethorpe

Bruce Chatwin, 1979

silver gelatin print
16 x 20 cm, 6 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.

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Bruce Chatwin (1940–1989) was an English travel writer, novelist and journalist. He contributed the essay to Mapplethorpe’s Lady: Lisa Lyon (1983) an homage to the bodybuilder and model.


Permanent Collections

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

Exhibitions

  • Robert Mapplethorpe. Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy, February 26 - April 20, 2019
  • Artist Rooms Scottish Tour: Robert Mapplethorpe. Dunoon Burgh Hall. Traveled to: Gallery at Linlithgow Burgh Halls, Linlithgow, UK (2012); Perth Museum & Art Gallery, Perth, UK (2012); Old Gala House, Galashiels, UK (2013)
  • 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. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 29 - November 5, 2006
  • Robert Mapplethorpe: Porträts und Erotik. Galerie i. Alten Rathaus, Prien am Chiemsee, Germany, October 20 - December 11, 2005. Traveled to: Stadtgalerie, Klagenfurt, Austria (2006)
  • Robert Mapplethorpe: Tra Antico e Moderno. Un’antologia. Palazzina della Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Turin, Italy, October 8, 2005 - January 1, 2006.
  • Robert Mapplethorpe. Curated by David Hockney. Alison Jacques Gallery, London, England, January 14 - March 12, 2005
  • Robert Mapplethorpe: Foto’s/ Photographs. Galerie Jurka, Amsterdam, Netherlands, February 21 - April 25, 1979

Publications

  • MX7: MapplethorpeX7. Edited by Richard Flood. New York: teNeues, 2011. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Portraits. Edited by Gordon Baldwin. Palm Springs, CA: Palm Springs Art Museum, 2009. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Mapplethorpe. Edited by Arthur C. Danto. Germany: teNeues, 2007. Monograph
  • Robert Mapplethorpe. Edited by Keith Hartley. Edinburgh, Scotland: Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland, 2006. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Robert Mapplethorpe. Tra Antico e Moderno, un antologia. Edited by Germano Celant. Florence, Italy: Artificio Skira, 2005. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Robert Mapplethorpe: Porträts und Erotik. Edited by Peter Weiermair. Germany: Galerie im Alten Rathaus Prien am Cheimsee / Alpen-Adria-Galerie Klagenfurt, 2005. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Con Chatwin. Edited by Susannah Clap. Milan, Italy: Adelphi Edizioni, 1998
  • Mapplethorpe. Edited by Arthur C. Danto, Mark Holborn and Dimitri Levas. New York: Random House, 1992. Monograph
  • Robert Mapplethorpe. Edited by Patti Smith. New York: Bellport Press, 1987. Monograph
  • Robert Mapplethorpe: Certain People: A Book of Portraits. Edited by Robert Mapplethorpe. Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1985. Monograph
  • Robert Mapplethorpe: Foto’s/Photographs. Edited by Galerie Jurka. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Galerie Jurka, 1979. Exhibition Catalogue