Lot 88
  • 88

Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989)

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Robert Mapplethorpe
  • Self-portrait, 1980
Tirage argentique contrecollé sur carton. Au verso du carton avec le tampon copyright du photographe '1980 Robert Mapplethorpe/This photograph was taken in 1980/ and printed in 1980. It may not / be reproduced without written permission/ by the photographer...', signé par le photographe à l'encre et daté. Au verso, également intitulé, daté et numéroté 2/10 à l'encre d'une main inconnue. Encadré.



Silver print, flush-mounted on card and framed. The reverse of the mount with the photographer's copyright stamp, signed by the photographer in ink and dated 1980. The reverse also titled, dated and numbered 2/10 in ink in an unknown hand.

Literature

Mapplethorpe, Düsseldorf, teNeues, 2006, ill p. 39 (variante).

Condition

Parfait. Pristine.
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