Lot 136
Lot 136
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ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)

Derrick Cross, 1983

    Price Realised USD 12,500
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    ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)

    Derrick Cross, 1983

    Price Realised USD 12,500
    Price Realised USD 12,500
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    ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)
    Derrick Cross, 1983
    gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board
    signed and dated in ink in photographer's copyright credit stamp, signed again in ink, titled, dated and numbered '3/10' in ink and numbered '996' in pencil (flush mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
    image: 191⁄8 x 151⁄8 in. (48.6 x 38.5 cm.)
    sheet/flush mount: 193⁄4 x 153⁄4 in. (50.2 x 40 cm.)
    This work is number three from an edition of ten.
    Provenance
    Sam Wagstaff, New York;
    acquired from the above by Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo, 1985;
    acquired from the above by the present owner.
    Literature
    Robert Mapplethorpe, Black Book, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1986, p. 59.
    Germano Celant et al., Robert Mapplethorpe and the Classical Tradition: Photographs and Mannerist Prints, Guggenheim Museum Publications, New York, 2004, pl. 24.
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