Robert and Patti - Le VOYAGE
"Nobody sees as we do, Patti". Whenever he said things like that, for a magical space of time, it was if we were the only two people in the world”
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A fantasy double portrait of Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith cruising the streets of New York City c1972. The “origin story” of their relationship was revealed in Patti Smith’s memoir JUST KIDS published in 2010.
Robert and Patti - LE VOYAGE
Oil on panel
2023
36” diameter