Robert Mapplethorpe - Unoriginal Sins https://unoriginalsins.co.uk AVANT-GARDES Wed, 11 Jun 2025 23:02:21 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-nTKdHdZI-1-1-32x32.png Robert Mapplethorpe - Unoriginal Sins https://unoriginalsins.co.uk 32 32 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE 1970 – 1983. 1983. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/robert-mapplethorpe-1970-1983-1983/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=robert-mapplethorpe-1970-1983-1983 Fri, 08 May 2020 01:29:48 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=20825 Edinburgh: Stills Gallery, 1983
21 x 10cm, 1pp. Announcement card with a b/w portrait of the young Mapplethorpe and gallery details. Fine.

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21 x 10cm, 1pp. Announcement card with a b/w portrait of the young Mapplethorpe and gallery details. Fine.

The post ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE 1970 – 1983. 1983. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> CLAES OLDENBURG AND COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN. 1996. PUBLICITY SHOT BY ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE. 1996. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/claes-oldenburg-and-coosje-van-bruggen-1996-publicity-shot-by-robert-mapplethorpe-1996/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=claes-oldenburg-and-coosje-van-bruggen-1996-publicity-shot-by-robert-mapplethorpe-1996 Fri, 08 May 2020 01:28:36 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=20824 London: Hayward Gallery, 1996
25.5 x 20.5cm, b/w photograph taken of the two artists by Robert Mapplethorpe for publicity use by newspapers and journals. VG+.

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25.5 x 20.5cm, b/w photograph taken of the two artists by Robert Mapplethorpe for publicity use by newspapers and journals. VG+.

The post CLAES OLDENBURG AND COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN. 1996. PUBLICITY SHOT BY ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE. 1996. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> SET FREE. 1978. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/set-free-1978/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=set-free-1978 Tue, 14 Jan 2020 13:12:04 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=8593 USA: Arista Records, 1978
Twelve inch single record with three tracks from Easter. Printed paper sleeve with images by Robert Mapplethorpe. Some wear and grubbiness to sleeve.

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Twelve inch single record with three tracks from Easter. Printed paper sleeve with images by Robert Mapplethorpe. Some wear and grubbiness to sleeve.

The post SET FREE. 1978. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> HORSES. 1975. ARTY 122. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/horses-1975-arty-122/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=horses-1975-arty-122 Mon, 13 Jan 2020 19:57:09 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=8524 UK: Arista records, 1975
Standard LP in original printed sleeve (with Mapplethorpe photograph of the songwriter). Vintage record and one of the greatest LPs ever released. Wear to cover and some marks. LP without visible damage. The catalogue number here is ARTY 122 which makes it the first UK release.

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Standard LP in original printed sleeve (with Mapplethorpe photograph of the songwriter). Vintage record and one of the greatest LPs ever released. Wear to cover and some marks. LP without visible damage. The catalogue number here is ARTY 122 which makes it the first UK release.

The post HORSES. 1975. ARTY 122. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> PHOTOGRAPHS. 1978. ARTIST’S FIFTH EXHIBITION & FIRST CATALOGUE. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/photographs-1978-artists-fifth-exhibition-first-catalogue/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photographs-1978-artists-fifth-exhibition-first-catalogue Thu, 21 Nov 2019 14:39:08 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=2837 Norfolk: Chrysler Museum, 1978

28 x 21.5cm, 16pp plus card covers. This is the first exhibition catalog published for Mapplethorpe for his 5th ever exhibition. There are b/w portraits produced from 1975-77 including a nude Patti Smith, and images of David Hockney, Arnold Schwarzenegger and others. This example is VG but the inner staples have rusted a little. Very scarce.

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28 x 21.5cm, 16pp plus card covers. This is the first exhibition catalog published for Mapplethorpe for his 5th ever exhibition. There are b/w portraits produced from 1975-77 including a nude Patti Smith, and images of David Hockney, Arnold Schwarzenegger and others. This example is VG but the inner staples have rusted a little. Very scarce.

The post PHOTOGRAPHS. 1978. ARTIST’S FIFTH EXHIBITION & FIRST CATALOGUE. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE. 1988. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/robert-mapplethorpe-1988/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=robert-mapplethorpe-1988 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 23:59:51 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=2705 NYC: Whitney Museum,1988

30.5 x 24.5cm, 216pp. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition of this catalogue published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Whitney. Essays by Richard Marshall, Richard Howard, and Ingrid Sischy and illustrated throughout. Fine.

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30.5 x 24.5cm, 216pp. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition of this catalogue published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Whitney. Essays by Richard Marshall, Richard Howard, and Ingrid Sischy and illustrated throughout. Fine.

The post ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE. 1988. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> FLOWERS. 1983. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/flowers-1983/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flowers-1983 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 21:42:51 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=2693 Tokyo, Watari Gallery, 1983

26 x 2cm, 42pp plus pictorial card covers. Exhibition catalogue with seventeen photographs in black and white. With "introducing note" by Sam Wagstaff. Slight marks on cover else VG.

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26 x 2cm, 42pp plus pictorial card covers. Exhibition catalogue with seventeen photographs in black and white. With "introducing note" by Sam Wagstaff. Slight marks on cover else VG.

The post FLOWERS. 1983. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> TEN BY TEN. 1996. SOFTCOVER. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/ten-by-ten-1996-softcover/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ten-by-ten-1996-softcover Tue, 19 Nov 2019 21:40:32 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=2692 Munchen: Schirmer / Mosel, 1996

26 x 23 cm. 152pp. Pictorial soft card covers: a later reprinting of the original book displaying 70 images of flowers. Fine.

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26 x 23 cm. 152pp. Pictorial soft card covers: a later reprinting of the original book displaying 70 images of flowers. Fine.

The post TEN BY TEN. 1996. SOFTCOVER. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> BLACK BOOK. FIRST EDITION. 1986. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/black-book-first-edition-1986/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-book-first-edition-1986 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 21:37:21 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=2691 NYC: St. Martin's Press, 1986

29.5 x 29.5cm, 92pp. Boards with pictorial dj. First Edition, first printing of this Mapplethorpe's breakthrough collection of all-black male nudes with 96 formally arranged black bodies. Fine.

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29.5 x 29.5cm, 92pp. Boards with pictorial dj. First Edition, first printing of this Mapplethorpe's breakthrough collection of all-black male nudes with 96 formally arranged black bodies. Fine.

The post BLACK BOOK. FIRST EDITION. 1986. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> AUTOPORTRAIT. 2001. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/autoportrait-2001/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=autoportrait-2001 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 21:21:09 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=2687 Santa Fe: Arena Editions, 2001.

26 x 21cm, 60pp. original boards with printed dustjacket. First edition although posthumous printing of sixty-five of Mapplethorpe's Polaroid self portraits, many previously unpublished. The images are often pornographic and sado-masochistic. Near fine.

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26 x 21cm, 60pp. original boards with printed dustjacket. First edition although posthumous printing of sixty-five of Mapplethorpe's Polaroid self portraits, many previously unpublished. The images are often pornographic and sado-masochistic. Near fine.

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