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Plate, "Orchid"

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Counterparts
MEDIUM Porcelain with overglaze transfer-printed decoration
  • Place Manufactured: Japan
  • DATES 1989
    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)  (show scale)
    MARKINGS On underside in black: Swid Powell / © Robert Mapplethorpe [signature] / "Orchid, 1987"
    ACCESSION NUMBER 1990.34.6
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Swid Powell
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Plate, "Orchid", porcelain. White circular plate with sloping sides with photographic image of a black and white orchid on a black background over entire interior surface. Condition: Excellent; original condition from manufacturer.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Counterparts
    CAPTION 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). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Swid Powell, 1990.34.6 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1990.34.6_PS22.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 1990.34.6_PS22.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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