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ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE | LILY (SMALL), 1977

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February 26, 03:24 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 EUR

Lot Details

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ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE

1946-1989

LILY (SMALL), 1977

vintage silver print

signed, dated and numbered '3/3' in pencil in the lower margin

titled in pencil on the reverse,

edition 3/3

matted in its original artist-designed silk overmat and framed

print/tirage: 35,2 x 35,2 cm; 13 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.

mount/montage: 50,5 x 40,3 cm; 18 7/8 x 15 7/8 in.

frame/cadre: 63,7 x 63,7 cm; 25 1/8 x 25 1/8 in.

[tirage argentique

signé, daté et numéroté '3/3' au crayon dans la marge inférieure, titré au crayon au dos

édition 3/3

monté sous passe-partout original en soie conçu par l'artiste et encadré]

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Sotheby's, New York, Photographs, 27 April 2005, lot 193

Galerie Thierry Marlat, Paris

R. Marshall, Robert Mapplethorpe, New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1988, p. 58

J. Kardon, Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment, Philadelphia: ICA, 1989, p. 43

Pistils, London: Jonathan Cape, 1996, p. 63 (variant cropping)

Herbert Muschamp, Mapplethorpe : The Complete Flowers, Düsseldorf, teNeues, 2006, pl. 14

Mapplethorpe Flora: The Complete Flowers, London: Phaidon, 2016, pp. 280

“Like Dancers, Mapplethorpe’s flowers want a less-studied costume so that their innate power of gesture can be articulated fully. Then we pick up their scent, even through the eyes alone.” Mapplethorpe, The Complete Flowers, essay by Herbert Muschamp, TeNeues, 2006