ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE | 'ALISTAIR BUTLER', 1980

ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE
1946-1989
'ALISTAIR BUTLER', 1980

Silver print, printed 1980, dry-mounted to card. With the Estate stamp signed by Michael Ward Stout in blue ink, and titled, dated and numbered 3/15 in pencil in an unknown hand on the verso. Matted and framed.
Image 35 x 35.5 cm (13¾x 14 in.);
sheet 50.2 x 40.3 cm (18¾x 15⅞in.)

Condition Report:
This silver print is in overall excellent condition. Trimmed edges and a couple of soft rubbing in lower margin away from image.

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Provenance:
Private collection, UK

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris