Self-portrait. 1983.
Black and white photograph. Gelatine silver-print (vintage print).
With the inscribed stamp of the Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe, signed by Michael Ward Stout (estate administrator) on the reverse. Titled, dated "1983" and numbered and inscribed "982" on the reverse. Froman edition of 10 copies. Photo paper, mounted flush with the white board. 38.4 x 38.6 cm (15.1 x 15.1 in). Sheet: 50,1 x 40,4 cm (19,7 x 15,9 in).

• In this famous self-portrait, Mapplethorpe references a photo of Patty Hearst from 1974.
• Provocative and powerful self-portrait in fromnt of a pentagram, an important part of his private iconography.
• This photo was used for the poster of the Mapplethorpe exhibition at the Robert Miller Gallery, New York in 1983.
• Another copy is at Tate Modern, London.

PROVENANCE: Timothy Taylor Gallery, Madrid
Private collection Spain (acquired from the above in 2003).

EXHIBITION: Timothy Taylor Gallery, London & Art Basel Miami (with the label).
Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York (with the label)).