? Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission.
Truman Capote
1981
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The American writer, Truman Capote, is best known for works such as `Breakfast at Tiffany?s? (1958) and `In Cold Blood? (1966). He was very publicity-conscious, ever since 1948, when he posed for a suggestive and provocative photograph to adorn the dust jacket of his book `Other Voices, Other Rooms?. In later years he was fairly reclusive. This photograph shows him relaxed, presumably at home, but by placing him alongside a strange, white sculpture of a palm tree Mapplethorpe manages to suggest something of Capote?s notorious eccentricity.
