Patti Smith: Drawings / Robert Mapplethorpe: Film and Stills. Exhibition poster Signed by both, "Robert" and "Patti Smith." The poster, for their joint show at Robert Miller Gallery, NY, held between June 7th and 24th, 1978, showing reproductions of a photograph by Mapplethorpe and a drawing by Smith. Each signed at lower left of the relevant work. 20 x 29.75 inches (50.8 x 76cm); moderate fading to background (but signatures are bold), mounted to larger board at two points. New York: Robert Miller Gallery, [1978]; signatures: Np, circa 1978.
American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "Godmother of Punk", her work was a fusion of rock and poetry. In 2005, Patti Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture and in 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On November 17, 2010, she won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids.
Patti Smith: Drawings / Robert Mapplethorpe: Film and Stills. Exhibition poster Signed by both, "Robert" and "Patti Smith." The poster, for their joint show at Robert Miller Gallery, NY, held between June 7th and 24th, 1978, showing reproductions of a photograph by Mapplethorpe and a drawing by Smith. Each signed at lower left of the relevant work. 20 x 29.75 inches (50.8 x 76cm); moderate fading to background (but signatures are bold), mounted to larger board at two points. New York: Robert Miller Gallery, [1978]; signatures: Np, circa 1978.
American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "Godmother of Punk", her work was a fusion of rock and poetry. In 2005, Patti Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture and in 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On November 17, 2010, she won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids.