ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE | 'ROSE'
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE
1946-1989
'ROSE'
dye-transfer print, signed, dated, and editioned '2/7' in ink in the margin, flush-mounted, the photographer's credit/copyright stamp, signed and dated in ink, and with title, date, edition '2/7,' and 'DT 1770' in ink on the reverse, framed, 1987
image: 19 by 18⅝ in. (48.3 by 47.3 cm.)
framed: 30¼ by 26 in. (76.8 by 66 cm.)
Condition Report:
This dye-transfer print is in generally excellent condition. The colors remain bright and saturated with no apparent fading. When examined in raking light, scattered deposits of original retouching are visible.
There are faint handwriting impressions in the lower left margin which do not appear to break the emulsion. The margin edges and corners are occasionally gently bumped.
On the reverse of the mount 'RMG# M8711.074-C' is written in an unidentified hand in pencil
Provenance:
Sotheby's New York, 7 October 1998, Sale 7194, Lot 459
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ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE
1946-1989
'ROSE'
dye-transfer print, signed, dated, and editioned '2/7' in ink in the margin, flush-mounted, the photographer's credit/copyright stamp, signed and dated in ink, and with title, date, edition '2/7,' and 'DT 1770' in ink on the reverse, framed, 1987
image: 19 by 18⅝ in. (48.3 by 47.3 cm.)
framed: 30¼ by 26 in. (76.8 by 66 cm.)
Condition Report:
This dye-transfer print is in generally excellent condition. The colors remain bright and saturated with no apparent fading. When examined in raking light, scattered deposits of original retouching are visible.
There are faint handwriting impressions in the lower left margin which do not appear to break the emulsion. The margin edges and corners are occasionally gently bumped.
On the reverse of the mount 'RMG# M8711.074-C' is written in an unidentified hand in pencil
Provenance:
Sotheby's New York, 7 October 1998, Sale 7194, Lot 459
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