Literature:
- Richard Marshall. Robert Mapplethorpe. Exhibition catalogue Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 28.7.–23.10.1998. London, 1988 (ill. p. 107).
- Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation (ed). Mapplethorpe. Munich, 1992 (ill. p. 125).

Provenance:
- From the collection of publisher and art collector Carl Laszlo.
- Swiss private collection.

"I wasn't setting out to make a statement, that isn't the way I work. The statement grows out of what I do."
(Robert Mapplethorpe quoted in Marshall, 1988, p. 87).

Small scratches in areas (on the right edge of the picture, top centre, in the background, top left, left on the shoe, and lower left in the corner), mostly only visible with backlight, minimally rubbed at the outermost corners. Verso of support slightly stained. Overall very good condition.