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Lot 165
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Robert Mapplethorpe

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Mapplethorpe
  • 'LISA LYON' (IN CORSET)
  • Edition 9 of 10
  • Gelatin silver print
  • 20 x 16 inches
flush-mounted, the photographer's estate stamp, signed in ink by Michael Ward Stout, Executor, and date in pencil, and with title, date, edition '9/10,' and '[MAP] #621' in pencil on the reverse, framed, Collection of Peter B. Lewis and Alona Kagan Gallery labels on the reverse, 1981 (Lady, p. 43)

Provenance

Alona Kagan Gallery, New York, 2004

Condition

This print is in generally excellent condition. In raking light, linear deposits of retouching are visible in the center portion of the image. The margin corners are lightly bumped. On the reverse of the mount are a few rust-colored deposits of indeterminate nature. Also on the reverse, 'v' [circled] is annotated in an unidentified hand in pencil. On the reverse of the frame is a 'Collection of Peter B. Lewis' label.
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