Philip Prioleau/Cock

1980

Robert Mapplethorpe

Associated Names
Robert Mapplethorpe

Artist, American, 1946 - 1989

This grayscale photograph depicts a male body from the side, facing the right, starting from the mid-torso down to the knees. The man is standing upright and leaning back slightly. His skin is dark, and his torso is bare. He is wearing white briefs, with unbuttoned pants pulled down to his knees, a belt loosely hanging off them. His left hand is holding his penis out towards the right, and his other arm is by his side. The background is plain dark grey.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

  • Dimensions

    image: 35 × 35.5 cm (13 3/4 × 14 in.)
    sheet: 50.5 × 40 cm (19 7/8 × 15 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4687

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service, Arlington, VA; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2000; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, bottom right below image in black ink: Robert Mapplethorpe '80; bottom left below image: 3/15; on verso, in studio stamp, in black ink: Robert Mapplethorpe; by unknown hand, top right in graphite reversed: $500; bottom left corner in graphite: #377; bottom left in black ink: PHILIP - N.Y.C. 1980; bottom left in graphite: BLACK COCK PANT'S DOWN ) 1980 3/15; bottom center stamped in black ink: © [line] ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE / THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED / WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION / BY PHOTOGRAPHER / [line]; annotation in black ink: 1980; bottom right in graphite: #581.7; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner: 2000.17; by unknown hand, bottom right corner: RM.109.y

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