Item #005501011 Text for Robert Mapplethorpe's 'X' Portfolio; Text for Robert Mapplethorpe's 'Y' Portfolio; Text for Robert Mapplethorpe's 'Z' Portfolio. Robert Mapplethorpe, Paul Schmidt, Patti Smith, Edmund White.

Text for Robert Mapplethorpe's 'X' Portfolio; Text for Robert Mapplethorpe's 'Y' Portfolio; Text for Robert Mapplethorpe's 'Z' Portfolio

Museum of Contemporary Art, 1989. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Good / No Jacket. Item #005501011

Issued by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago in a small number of copies in conjunction with the February, 1989 exhibition (just a month before Mapplethorpe's death) of the controversial 'X', 'Y', and 'Z' portfolios, this rare work presents the portfolio texts as respectively authored by Paul Schmidt, Patti Smith, and Edmund White. [8] pages, printed on 8.5 x 11 inch paper, stapled at upper left. Some darkening, creasing, and tiny marginal tears.

Price: $95.00