Lot 150
  • 150

Robert Mapplethorpe

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Robert Mapplethorpe
  • 'Orchid'
  • Inscribed MAP#1671, numbered 2/10
  • gelatin silver print
flush-mounted, signed, dated, and editioned '2/10' in ink in the margin, the photographer's copyright stamp, signed and dated in ink, and with title, date, edition, and '[MAP] 1671' in ink on the reverse, framed, 1986 

Provenance

Robert Miller Gallery, New York

Literature

Herbert Muschamp, Mapplethorpe: The Complete Flowers (Düsseldorf, 2006), pl. 134

Condition

This photograph is in generally excellent condition. The lower right margin corner is gently bumped and creased, and there is a stray black deposit along the right edge. The reverse of the mount is hinged along the upper edge to a mat with 2 small pieces of tape.
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