Lot 256
  • 256

ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE | Cock and Devil

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Mapplethorpe
  • Cock and Devil
  • gelatin silver print
  • 15 1/4  by 19 1/8  in. (38.7 by 48.6 cm.)
flush-mounted, the photographer's estate stamp, signed and dated by Michael Ward Stout, Executor, in ink and with title, edition '5/10,' and '[MAP] 777' in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1982

Provenance

Hardison Fine Arts, New York, 1983

Condition

This photograph, on semi-glossy paper, is in generally excellent condition. Upon very close inspection in raking light a small crescent-shaped crease is barely visible at the center of the image as well as a pinpoint-sized impression in the upper left quadrant near the edge of the image.
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