![Untitled (self-portrait) [Invitation to Robert Mapplethorpe's Exhibition at Light Gallery Opening, January 6, 1973]](/objects/images/s27763.jpg "Untitled (self-portrait) [Invitation to Robert Mapplethorpe's Exhibition at Light Gallery Opening, January 6, 1973]")
![Untitled (self-portrait) [Invitation to Robert Mapplethorpe's Exhibition at Light Gallery Opening, January 6, 1973]](/objects/images/27763.jpg "Untitled (self-portrait) [Invitation to Robert Mapplethorpe's Exhibition at Light Gallery Opening, January 6, 1973]")
Two-sided exhibition announcement published in conjunction with Robert Mapplethorpe's first solo show which opened in the Backroom at Light Gallery, New York, January 6, 1973. Gelatin silver print from Polaroid negative with "ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE" blind embossed along bottle right edge. Exhibition information typed onto label affixed to verso:
Robert Mapplethorpe
Backroom at
LIGHT
1018 Madison Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10021
Opening:
Saturday January 6, 1973
4:00-6:00
thru February 3
Gallery Hours
Tues. *Sat. 10-6
Closed Monday
