ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (American, 1946-1989). Calla Lily. Gelatin silver, 1984. Paper: 19-3/4 x 15-3/4 inches (50.2 x 40 cm...

Description

ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (American, 1946-1989)
Calla Lily
Gelatin silver, 1984
Paper: 19-3/4 x 15-3/4 inches (50.2 x 40 cm)
Image: 15-1/8 x 15-1/8 inches (38.4 x 38.4 cm)
Recto: signed and editioned Robert Mapplethorpe '84 2/10 in ink
Verso: stamped and annotated
State: hinged to mount with archival tape, matted, framed, and glazed

PROVENANCE:
From the Collection of a Fortune 500 Company.


We are aware of a recent sale of this print with the same edition numbers as being offered here.

This is the response from the Mapplethorpe Foundation:


"We have researched the matter by contacting the original owner of the work offered in London at Sotheby's as well as the people who worked in the administration of the artist's studio at the time the work was created and placed with the original collectors. We believe that there was a mistake in numbering and that the edition number, 2/10, was repeated in error."

The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation


More information about ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE. See also: Mapplethorpe, Robert, Robert Mapplethorpe Artist.



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