A black-and-white portrait photograph of a nude White woman with long hair using her hand to shield her eyes.

Carol Overby (Nude Close-Up), N. Y. C.

Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989)

Date

1979
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 13 11/16 x 13 7/8 in.
Mount: 19 7/8 x 14 7/8 in.
Sheet: 19 7/8 x 14 7/8 in.
Inscriptions

RECTO:
l.l. beneath image in black ink: 2/10
l.r. beneath image in black ink: Robert Maplethorpe '79
VERSO:
l.l. corner in graphite: 360
l.c. along edge in black ink: CAROL OVERBY (NUDE CLOSE-UP) N.Y.C. 1979
l.c. along edge in graphite: 2/10
l.c. stamped in black ink (date and name hand writen in black ink, underlined): [copyright symbol] 1979 [date underlined] ROBERT MAPLETHORPE \ THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED \ WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION \ BY PHOTOGRAPHER Robert Maplethorpe [name underlined]
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Paul Brauchle
Accession Number

P1994.10.1
Copyright

© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission.

Location: Off view

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