Gelatin silver print. Printed in 1983
Stamp of the artist on the reverse. Signed and dated ‘1983’. By Robert Mapplethorpe on the reverse.
Titled ‘Jill w/ Ken’ dated ‘1983’ and numbered 5/10. On the reverse.
Matted and framed. Height 81.7 cm. Width 71.7 cm. Depth 4.5 cm.
Literature:
– Robert Mapplethorpe Tra antica e moderno. Un’antologiia Germano Celant p. 347 (ill)
‘Jill Chapman and Ken Moody’ is in the collection of The J. Paul Getty Museum
Object number 2021.28.270
Description : ‘White female with styled black hair in a strapless leather dress standing next to a black bold male wearing only a thong. She stands in a frontal position with hand at her hip while he stands directly beside her in a profile facing left with his head dropped back and arms pulled black behind him.’
