flush-mounted, the photographer's estate stamp, signed and dated in ink by Michael Ward Stout, Executor, and with title, date, edition '10/10,' and '[MAP] 1540' in ink on the reverse, framed, 1985 (cf. Altars, p. 109)

Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, 1999

This photograph is in generally excellent condition. There are 2 very small scratches in the upper left quadrant which are only visible in high raking light. 'V' [circled] is written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse.
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