270 - NORTH AMERICAN SCHOOL. 20TH CENTURY. Intimate Embrace, 2000

NORTH AMERICAN SCHOOL. 20TH CENTURY. Intimate Embrace, 2000 Black-and-white photographic print. Dimensions: 35 × 28 cm. This photograph depicts two people embracing, captured in a close-up frame that draws attention to their physical contact and the arrangement of their bodies. A woman with very short hair, wearing a hoop earring and a decorated metal bracelet, rests her hands on the shoulder and bare back of a man, who has his arms around her. The composition is notable for the contrast between skin tones, the overlapping of hands and arms, and the rendering of body textures. The lighting highlights anatomical forms against a dark background, creating an intimate image that conveys closeness, affection, and complicity. Its visual language evokes the sensibility of Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989), particularly in the sculptural treatment of the human body, the intensity of the black-and-white imagery, and the exploration of intimacy through refined compositions, in which gesture and physical proximity take center stage. Item is in an international warehouse (within the EU). Intra-Community shipment: no import duties apply within the EU. An export permit from the country of origin may be required.