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Premier Auction | Session II

Fri, Dec 6, 2019 09:00AM EST
Lot 1070

Robert Mapplethorpe

Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
(American, 1946-1989)Flower Arrangement, 1986, printed 1986, 9/10, signed on the estate sticker verso, also signed by the executor Michael Ward Stout, vintage gelatin silver print, 24 x 20 in.; modern wood frame, 29 x 28-3/4 in.I; llustrated: Mapplethorpe, Robert, Mark Holborn, Dimitri Levas, and Herbert Muschamp. Flora: The Complete Flowers. 2016, pl. 131; Martineau, Paul, Britt Salvesen, Philip Gefter, Jonathan D. Katz, Ryan Linkof, Richard Meyer, and Carol Squiers. Robert Mapplethorpe The Photographs. Los Angeles, Calif: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2016, pl. 188Also of; Note: attached verso is a copy of correspondence between Tom Baril (one of Mapplethorpe's master printers who printed this piece) and the consignor, discussing the merits of this composition.; Provenance: Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (gallery label verso with artist credit, title, date and number ); An Important Photography Collection, Florida

Condition

not examined out of archivally sealed frame, presumably tipped or hinged in, print appears in good condition; frame in good condition