ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE | 'ORCHID', 1985

ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE
1946-1989
'ORCHID', 1985

Silver print, printed 1985, dry-mounted to card. With the Estate stamp signed by Michael Ward Stout in blue ink, and titled, dated and numbered 3/10 in pencil in an unknown hand on the verso. Matted and framed.
Image 38.4 x 38.4 cm (15⅛x 15⅛in.);
sheet 50 x 40 cm (19⅝x 15¾in.)

Condition Report:
This silver print is in overall excellent condition. Corners slightly rubbed and one small superficial scuff in lower margin, away from image.

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Provenance:
Private collection, UK

Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Paris