From the Era of the TV Series POSE (based on the Ballrooms), the Beat Poets, the height of Halston and entry of Studio 54 comes a Photograph commenting on the calm acknowledgment of homosexual attraction intimately breaking the bonds of Racism by New York Photographer and Chelsea Hotel denzien Robert Mapplethorpe.

Print:
Print Title: Ken Moody & Robert Sherman 1983
Medium: Sheet-fed Gravure
Printing Date: Early 1980's
It comes with COA which will be uploaded here soon.
Image size approx. 10 X 10 inches

Autographed Signature / Signed "Robert Sherman here 36 years later at least according to my L.S.D. soaked memory!" 10/31/19"

Mapplethorpe was an American photographer, known for his stylized black and white photography which treated his subjects with simultaneous sensitivity and bluntness. Mapplethorpe worked in a variety of genres, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-portraits, and still-lifes. Mapplethorpe's work often made controversial references to religious or classical imagery.

Films:
"Mapplethorpe" is a 2018 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ondi Timoner. Shooting began on 11 July 2017 in New York and lasted only 19 days.[1] It premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.

"Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures" is a 2016 American documentary film about the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, directed and executive produced by Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey, and produced by Katharina Otto-Bernstein for Film Manufacturers Inc. It received its premiere at Sundance Film Festival[9] in January 2016, followed by the international premiere at the Berlin Film Festival[10] in February, and a world television premiere on HBO in April. The film was released theatrically in the US and UK in April 2016.

What is a sheet fed gravure?
sheet-fed (screen) photo gravure (Intaglio) - A commercial process utilizing sheet-fed presses where individual sheets of paper are fed into the press. Rather than using an aquatint grain to break up the image in order to print intermediate tones, a cross line screen is used. Rotogravure (roto or gravure for short) is a type of intaglio printing process, which involves engraving the image onto an image carrier. In gravure printing, the image is engraved onto a cylinder because, like offset printing and flexography, it uses a rotary printing press.

Gravure itself was discovered in 1890 by a Czech named Karel Klic. He derived from another of his inventions, the so-called heliogravure. Heliogravure is also based on copper engraving. However, in this case, the manual engraving is replaced by a photochemical process.


Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: Photograph is in archival condition

Origin:
Japan

Materials & Techniques:
Black & White Photography, Paper

Details:
Country of Origin: Japan
Art Subjects: Pop Culture
Frame Type: Unframed
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used

Original Condition Unaltered; Some Imperfections; Photograph is in archival condition