Plate, "Orchid"

Robert Mapplethorpe; Robert Mapplethorpe

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946–1989); Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946–1989). Plate, "Orchid", 1989. Porcelain with overglaze transfer-printed decoration, 1 3/8 × 12 × 12 in. (3.5 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm) mount: 12 × 12 × 2 1/2 in. (30.5 × 30.5 × 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Swid Powell, 1990.34.6. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Plate, "Orchid"

Date

1989

Geography

Place manufactured: Japan

Medium

Porcelain with overglaze transfer-printed decoration

Classification

Ceramic

Dimensions

1 3/8 × 12 × 12 in. (3.5 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm) mount: 12 × 12 × 2 1/2 in. (30.5 × 30.5 × 6.4 cm)

Markings

On underside in black: Swid Powell / © Robert Mapplethorpe [signature] / "Orchid, 1987"

Credit Line

Gift of Swid Powell

Accession Number

1990.34.6

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