Robert Mapplethorpe

Mapplethorpe, Robert (photographer); David Hershkovits (introduction). Robert Mapplethorpe. Tokyo: Parco, 1987. First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated (92pp.). Text in English and Japanese. Acetate jacket (a bit soiled) over color photo wrappers with white spine lettered in black. Illustrated throughout with photographs of legs and torsos, self-portraits and portraits of his old flame Patti Smith, naked African American men, Ken Moody, Philip Glass, Sam Wagstaff, Rae Dawn Chong, Alba Clemente, Robert Sherman, and lovely flowers. Small crease at top of front cover and minor shelfwear. Very good +. Softcover. (50332) $45