Robert Mapplethorpe
Irises
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October 6, 05:06 PM GMT
Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Robert Mapplethorpe
1946 - 1989
Irises
signed, dated 87 and numbered 2/30 in pencil in the margin
photogravure
87 x 82 cm.; 34¼ x 32¼ in.
framed: 120 x 104 cm.; 47¼ x 41 in.
Executed in 1987, this print is number 2 from an edition of 30.
Christie's Paris, 14 Novembre 2014, lot 359
Acquis auprès de la précédente par l'actuel propriétaire
Els Barents, Robert Mapplethorpe: Ten By Ten, Munich 1988, no. 25, illustrated
Robert Mapplethorpe and Janet Kardon, Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment, Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art 1988, pl. 89, illustrated
Germano Celant, Mapplethorpe, London: Hayward Gallery 1992, p. 243, illustrated
Robert Mapplethorpe, Pistils, New York 1996, p. 79, illustratead
Herbert Muschamp, Mapplethorpe: The Complete Flowers, New York 2006, pl. 138, illustrated
Exh. cat., New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Polaroids: Mapplethorpe, 2007, fig. 13, p. 34, illustrated
Exh. cat., Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Robert Mapplethorpe: The Photographs, 2016, pl. 141, p. 184, illustrated
Robert Mapplethorpe, Mapplethorpe, London 2020, p. 303, illustrated
