Patti Smith and Steven Sebring: Objects of Life
The rock goddess talks to Rachel Wolff about her revealing new art retrospective and intimate memoir of her years with Robert Mapplethorpe.

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Steven Sebring’s 16 mm Arriflex Camera – used to shoot much of the film PATTI SMITH.
Patti Smith’s Chair draped with 19th Century French Linen.
Antique book: The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
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Books from Patti Smith’s Library
Patti Smith’s Typewriter ca. 1970s with the poem Reflecting Robert on page
Patti Smith’s Land 250 Polaroid Camera, retired in 2008
Courtesy of the Robert Miller Gallery
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