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Authors, works and languages of the image
Robert Mapplethorpe
Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini, 1988. © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation.
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Introduction
The photographic work entitled "Isabella Rossellini", created in 1988, is one of the absolute pinnacles of Robert Mapplethorpe's portraiture. The image transcends mere physiognomic documentation or fashion photography, positioning itself firmly within Mapplethorpe's ambitious aesthetic project: the obsessive and inexhaustible pursuit of formal perfection.
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