Lot 21
  • 21

ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE | Eric, 1980

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • Robert Mapplethorpe
  • Eric, 1980
  • silver print
  • image: 35 by 35cm., 13¾ by 13¾in.sheet: 50.2 by 40cm., 19¾ by 15¾in.
Silver print, dry mounted to card. Signed, dated and numbered 3/15 in black ink in the lower margin, and signed and dated in black ink in the photographer's copyright stamp on the reverse. Mounted and framed.

Provenance

Private Collection, Switzerland

Condition

This print is in overall good to very good condition. With some very light retouching marks in the upper left quadrant, only visible in raking light. With slightly softened corners and bumps to the edges of the print, and a light crease in the lower left corner. There is some very faint, uniform yellowing to the print along the edges, away from the image.
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