flush-mounted, the photographer's estate stamp, signed and dated by Michael Ward Stout, Executor, in ink and with title, date, and edition '9/10' in pencil and '[MAP] 1124 in ink on the reverse, framed, 1981

Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, 2003

cf. Robert Mapplethorpe, Lady, Lisa Lyon (New York, 1983), pp. 74-9

This print is in generally excellent condition. Barely discernible silvering is visible in high raking light in the darkest areas. The reverse is very slightly age-darkened along the right edge. 'V' [circled] is written in an unidentified hand in pencil. There are tape remnants along the upper edge on the reverse.
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