Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) - photo 1

Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989)

Lot 67
01.12.2022 14:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 67 | Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989)
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€ 12 000 – 18 000
Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989)

Orchid, 1986

tirage dye-transfer, monté sur support cartonné

signé, daté et numéroté ‘1/7’ à l’encre (marge); signé, titré, daté et numéroté ‘1/7’ à l’encre avec cachet de copyright du photographe (montage, verso)

image : 48 x 47 cm.

feuille/montage : 60.5 x 50.7 cm.

Réalisé en 1986, ce tirage est le numéro un d’une édition de sept exemplaires.



Dye-transfer print, flush-mounted on board

signed, dated and numbered ‘1/7’ in ink (margin); signed, titled, dated and numbered ‘1/7’ in ink with stamped photographer’s copyright credit (flush mount, verso)

image: 18 7/8 x 18 4⁄8 in.

sheet/flush mount: 23 7/8 x 20 in.

Executed in 1986, this print is number one from an edition of seven.





Provenance

Robert Miller Gallery, New York

Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel



Literature

Artforum, vol. 25, No. 9 (May 1987) (illustrée en couleurs en couverture).

Robert Mapplethorpe, Flowers, Bulfinch Press, New York, 1986 (illustrée en couleurs p. 12).

Robert Mapplethorpe, Ten by Ten, Schirmer/Mosel, Munchen, 1988 (illustrée en couleurs p. 29).

Catalogue d'exposition, Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philidelphia, 1990 (illustrée en couleurs p. 85).

Robert Mapplethorpe, Mapplethorpe, Random House, New York, 1992 (variante illustrée en couleurs p. 237).

Robert Mapplethorpe, Pistils, Random House, New York, 1996 (illustrée en couleurs p.135).

Robert Mapplethorpe, Robert Mapplethorpe and the Classical Tradition, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, 2004 (variante illustrée en couleurs p. 59).

Robert Mapplethorpe, Mapplethorpe: The Complete Flowers, teNeues Publishing Group, New York, 2006 (illustrée en couleurs pl. 135).



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Artist:Robert Mapplethorpe (1946 - 1989)
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