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From Art Alba Gallery

  1. Nude IV by Mark Eshbaugh, Image 4.

    Mark Eshbaugh

    Nude IV, 2004

    Gum Bichromate

    21 x 26 cm

    US$800

  2. alone in my house by Patrick Caulfield, Image 4.

    Patrick Caulfield

    alone in my house, 1973

    Screenprint

    51 x 41 cm

    US$1,000

  3. Flock Together 1958 by Chan Shau U, Image 3.

    Chan Shau U

    Flock Together 1958, 1958

    Photograph

    27 x 20 cm

    US$500

  4. Spring Sunshine 1957 by Victor Lee, Image 3.

    Victor Lee

    Spring Sunshine 1957, 1957

    Photograph

    23 x 19 cm

    US$500

  5. Southern Spring 1954 by Yan Fook Leun, Image 3.

    Yan Fook Leun

    Southern Spring 1954, 1954

    Photograph

    27 x 17 cm

    US$500

  6. Outdoor Study 1953 by Tam Kwok Kwan, Image 4.

    Tam Kwok Kwan

    Outdoor Study 1953, 1953

    Photograph

    12 x 15 cm

    US$500

  7. Young China 1952 by Wu Daisy, Image 3.

    Wu Daisy

    Young China 1952, 1952

    Photograph

    20 x 16 cm

    US$500

  8. Monolith by Ansel Adams, Image 1.

    Ansel Adams

    Monolith, 1926

    Photograph

    36 x 28 cm

    US$1,500

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About the artist

Robert Mapplethorpe

American

1946-1989

After studying drawing, painting and sculpture at the Pratt Institute in the 1960s, Robert Mapplethorpe began experimenting with photography while living in the notorious Chelsea Hotel with Patti Smith. Beginning with Polaroids, he soon moved on to a Hasselblad medium-format camera, which he used to explore aspects of life often only seen behind closed doors.

By the 1980s Mapplethorpe's focus was predominantly in the studio, shooting portraits, flowers and nudes. His depiction of the human form in formal compositions reflects his love of classical sculpture and his groundbreaking marriage of those aesthetics with often challenging subject matter. Mapplethorpe's style is present regardless of subject matter — from erotic nudes to self-portraits and flowers — as he ceaselessly strove for what he called "perfection of form."
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