Lil’ Kim: Luxury Item by David LaChapelle is a 1997 C-print mounted on Dibond, featuring hip-hop icon Lil’ Kim in LaChapelle’s unmistakable hyper-real photographic style. The work reflects the artist’s late-1990s visual language, combining celebrity, luxury, fashion, humour, glamour, and pop-cultural excess into a highly staged contemporary image.

Lil’ Kim is a key figure in hip-hop culture, celebrated for her bold aesthetic, boundary-pushing style, and lasting influence on fashion and music. In Luxury Item, LaChapelle frames her as both performer and pop icon, turning celebrity portraiture into a vivid commentary on image, desire, branding, and spectacle.

The work measures 61 × 50.8 cm / 24 × 20 in and is produced in a limited edition of 18. This example is signed and numbered by David LaChapelle and includes a Certificate of Authenticity. A strong collectible for fans of David LaChapelle, Lil’ Kim, hip-hop culture, celebrity photography, 1990s fashion, C-prints, Dibond-mounted photography, and pop-surreal photographic art.

Artist:David LaChapelle
Title:Lil’ Kim: Luxury Item
Format:Limited edition photographic print mounted on Dibond
Medium:C-print mounted on Dibond
Size:61 × 50.8 cm / 24 × 20 in
Year:1997
Edition:Limited edition of 18
Signature:Signed and numbered by the artist
Certificate:Certificate of Authenticity included
Framing:Unframed / mounted on Dibond