ID: 700008471 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008471	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Orchid, N.Y.C. (gelatin silver print; Robert Mapplethorpe (American photographer, sculptor, and co...; negative 1977; print 1978; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, Los Angeles c...; 2011.9.42.8)

Note: Orchid bloom in a vase with a beam of light coming from the upper right corner.

Titles:

Orchid, N.Y.C. (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Y Portfolio (C,U,SE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

gelatin silver print [300128695] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs), photographic prints, <photographic prints by process>)

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: negative 1977; print 1978

Creator Display:

Robert Mapplethorpe (American photographer, sculptor, and collagist, 1946-1989) [preferred,VP]

photographer Mapplethorpe, Robert (American photographer, sculptor, and collagist, 1946-1989) [500090430]

Locations:

Current: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500217563] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2011.9.42.8

Credit Line: Jointly acquired by The J. Paul Getty Trust and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Partial gift of The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation; partial purchase with funds provided by The J. Paul Getty Tru

Other: Creation: New York [7007567] New York state (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Other: Co-owner: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500115988] J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: M.2011.30.76.8

Credit Line: Jointly acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The J. Paul Getty Trust; Partial gift of The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation; partial purchase with funds provided by The David Geffen Found

Display Materials: Selenium toned gelatin silver print

	selenium [300156319]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	gelatin silver process [300139114]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <photography and photographic processes and techniques>, photographic processes)

Dimensions: Image: 19.4 x 19.5 cm (7 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.) Mount: 33.8 x 32.5 cm (13 5/16 x 12 13/16 in.) Framed: 39.4 x 38.1 cm (15 1/2 x 15 in.)

Events:

exhibition: October 21, 2012-March 24, 2013 Los Angeles [7023900] (Los Angeles county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet))

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

still lifes (preferred,description)

botanical (description)

Specific Subjects:

	orchid (family) [300311478]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), Angiospermae (division), Liliopsida (class), Asparagales (order)) (AAT)

	flower still-lifes [300265045]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, still lifes) (AAT)

	vase [300132254]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Recto, mount: lower left below image, edition letter inscribed by Mapplethorpe in pencil, "A"

Marks: Recto, mount: blindstamp at lower right corner, "8"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Orchid, N.Y.C.	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) accessed 4 March 2015
	........ Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002) accessed 4 March 2015
Y Portfolio	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) accessed 4 March 2015

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) accessed 4 March 2015

....................... Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002) accessed 4 March 2015

Note:
English	..... [VP,JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)