ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE

SELF PORTRAIT

1980 PHOTO

GRAPHIC LONG SLEEVE BLACK TEE

for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Men's Medium

100% cotton crewneck

with ribbed cuffs

American Apparel

Good pre-owned condition

Some cracking of the screenprint

No stains or tears on the shirt

The Tate Museum says

 "Mapplethorpe portrays himself as the archetypal bad boy, with black leather jacket, dark shirt, cigarette hanging out of the corner of his mouth, the coolly appraising gaze and the carefully coiffed 1950s-style hair. Mapplethorpe was keen to promote this image of himself as cool and impervious to emotion. The composition helps to underscore this. The pose is wholly frontal and composed so that his mouth lies at the very centre of the photograph."

Measurements Lying Flat & Unstretched:

Shoulder seam to shoulder seam: 17"

Shoulder seam to sleeve edge: 25.75"

Armpit to armpit: 20"

Length from top of shoulder to hem: 27.5"