MARIPOL!

Deborah Harry in the loft 1980

signed and stamped by the artist

archival pigment print on museum paper

30 x 36 inches (92 × 76 cm)

Executed in 1982, printed in 2023. This work is edition 3 from an edition of 15 plus 3 artist's proofs.


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A quintessential Polaroid portrait by Maripol, this image captures singer and style icon Debbie Harry with the immediacy and intimacy that define the artist’s work. Taken in the early 1980s, the photograph reflects the raw glamour of downtown New York’s creative vanguard, where Maripol operated as both insider and observer. Her distinct use of saturated light, analog texture, and stylized composition offers a candid yet cinematic view of an era that shaped contemporary pop and fashion culture.

As with much of Maripol’s work, this portrait is more than documentation—it is a collaboration between artist and muse, emblematic of the era’s cross-pollination between music, fashion, and art. From the artist’s personal collection, this piece exemplifies Maripol’s singular role in constructing the visual mythology of the time.