Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989) is one of the twentieth century's most important artists, known for his groundbreaking and provocative work. He studied painting, drawing, and sculpture in Brooklyn in the 1960s and started taking photographs when he acquired a Polaroid camera, in 1970. Beginning in 1973 and until his death in 1989, Mapplethorpe explored the flower with extraordinary dedication, using a range of photographic processes ― from Polaroids to dye-transfer color works. In carefully constructed compositions, he captured roses, orchids, snapdragons, daisies, tulips and other species ― both common and rare ― and forever transformed the way we perceive a classic and familiar subject. The result ― a stunning body of work ― is collected in this elegant book, Flora: les fleurs de Mapplethorpe. This large and heavy book (in a slipcase) is new, in mint condition, still sealed in plastic. The plastic wrapping has some minor finger/handling marks on it, but those are only on the outside of the plastic wrapping, the book and slipcase are in mint shape. See photos to get a good impression. Photos from the inside of the book are from a different copy and for reference only. The book will be carefullly packaged and sent with track & trace (DHL). For non-EU countries the Dutch postal service PostNL might be used.