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Robert Mapplethorpe

Flower

Lot Closed

March 16, 06:15 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Robert Mapplethorpe

1946 - 1989

Flower

the photographer's estate stamp signed Michael Ward Stout (on the reverse); dated 1983 (on the reverse)

gelatin silver print, flush-mounted

19¼ by 15⅛ in.

48.9 by 38.1 cm.

Executed in 1983, this work is number 7 from an edition of 10.

Lindon Gallery, London

Acquired as a gift from the above by the present owner, 2016

Herbert Muschamp, Mapplethorpe: The Complete Flowers, New York, 2006, index, illustrated in color