Birds of Paradise
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946–1989). Birds of Paradise, 1979. Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 19 3/4 x 16 in. (50.2 x 40.6 cm) Image: 13 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (34.9 x 34.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, 88.8. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Birds of Paradise
Date
1979
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 3/4 x 16 in. (50.2 x 40.6 cm) Image: 13 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (34.9 x 34.9 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower left in ink: "RBT Mapplethorpe"; signed verso lower center in red: "Robert Mapplethorpe"
Inscriptions
Lower center in ink: "Bird of Paradise"; verso lower left in graphite: "320"
Markings
Stamped verso lower center in ink: "Robert Mapplethorpe this photograph may not be reproduced without artist's permission"
Credit Line
Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund
Accession Number
88.8
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