Lot 137
  • 137

Robert Mapplethorpe

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Mapplethorpe
  • 'CLIFTON'
  • gelatin silver
the photographer's estate stamp, signed and dated by Michael Ward Stout, Executor, and with title, date, and edition '2/10' in ink on the reverse, framed, 1981 (The Black Book, p. 26)

Provenance

Donated by the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation to the 1989 Art Against AIDS auction, where it was acquired by the present owner

Condition

This print is in generally excellent condition. [MAP] '626' is written in ink on the reverse of the mount.
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