Lot 130
  • 130

Robert Mapplethorpe

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

  • Robert Mapplethorpe
  • UNTITLED (SPANISH WOMAN)
  • polaroid polapan type 52 print
unique Polaroid Type 52 print, framed, a Polaroids: Mapplethorpe exhibition label on the reverse, early 1970s

Exhibited

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Polaroids: Mapplethorpe, May - September 2008, and traveling to 3 other venues through 2010 (see Appendix 1)

Literature

Polaroids: Mapplethorpe (Whitney Museum of American Art, 2008), pl. 111 (this print)

Condition

This print is in generally excellent condition. The exhibition label on the reverse of the frame dates this print as '1973/75.'
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