Object number1989.26
A Season in Hell
Date1986
Artist
Robert Mapplethorpe
(American, 1946-1989)
Author
Arthur Rimbaud
(French, 1854-1891)
Translator
Paul Schmidt
(American, 1934-1999)
CultureAmerican
MediumEight photogravures, hors-texte, and text, on wove paper with red leather-covered boards and black linen-covered slipcase
EditionEdition 525 of 1000
DimensionsOverall: 1 x 8 x 11 1/2 in. (2.5 x 20.3 x 29.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Suzette Morton Davidson, class of 1934, Fund
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn secondary colophon page, signed in pencil: Robert Mapplethorpe / Paul Schmidt
InscribedOn secondary colophon page, by artist, in pencil: 525
ProvenanceThe Limited Editions ClubVassar Exhibitions
DescriptionRed leather-bound book with eight black-and-white photogravure plates: a bust self portrait of a shirtless young man with devil horns in his hair; an open hand with fingers curled upward with mist-like flames overtop; a male nude from the thighs up facing backwards with his elbows outward and hands near his neck; a nude back with shadows cast across it; a bust portrait of a man with his eyes closed partially underwater with his nose, mouth, and chin above the water; a hand and partial wrist holding and firing a revolver; a rose with a stem and smoke behind it; a cross with various shadows.
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