Lot 137
  • 137

ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE | Dan S.

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Robert Mapplethorpe
  • Dan S.
  • Estate stamped and signed by Michael Ward Strout as executor
    Edition 13 of 115
  • Gelatin silver print
  • 17 7/8  by 14 in. (45.4 by 35.6 cm.)
flush-mounted, the photographer's estate stamp, signed and dated by Michael Ward Stout, Executor, in ink and with title, date, edition '13/15,' and '[MAP] '#528' in ink on the reverse, framed, a Cheim & Read label on the reverse, 1980 (LACMA/Getty, pl. 66)

Provenance

Cheim & Read, New York

Condition

This photograph, on matte-surface paper, is in generally excellent condition. When examined closely in raking light, a few deposits of original retouching are visible. There is minor soiling and 2 tape remnants on the reverse. 'V [circled]' is written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse.
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