BENT.
BENT.
Auction Closed
June 27, 03:32 PM GMT
Estimate
4,500 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE
1946 - 1989
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE | ARTHUR RIMBAUD. A SEASON IN HELL. (NEW YORK): LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB, (1986), INSCRIBED TO SAM WAGSTAFF
4to (11 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.; 292 x 193 mm). 8 photogravures from photographs by Mapplethorpe printed on handmade etching paper. Full red morocco by the Jovonis Bindery, spine and upper cover lettered in black. Black buckram slipcase; minimal wear.
PROVENANCE
Sam Wagstaff (presentation inscription)
CATALOGUE NOTE
Presentation copy, inscribed by Mapplethorpe to his patron and partner Sam Wagstaff on their shared birthday, 4 November 1986, "For Sam — on our birthday — X. R. M. '86" This is one of fifty out-of-series copies; in addition there were 1000 numbered copies, all signed by Mapplethorpe and Schmidt.
Sam Wagstaff (presentation inscription)