Lot 63
  • 63

Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989)

Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Robert Mapplethorpe
  • Irises, 1987
  • photogravure
Photogravure. Signed and dated 87 in pencil in the lower right margin and numbered 9/30 at left. Numbered 1057 in pencil in an unknown hand and with the '1987 Robert Mapplethorpe Graphicstudio U.S.F.' stamp on the reverse. Mounted and framed.

Literature

Mapplethorpe. The Complete Flowers, Düsseldorf et. al., TeNeues, 2006, ill. pl. 138.

Condition

In excellent condition.
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