Lot #1077: ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE - Ken and Tyler - Original vintage photogravure

 

Artist: Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946 - 1989).
Title: "Ken and Tyler".
Medium: Original vintage photogravure.
Date: Composed 1985. Printed 1988.
Dimensions: Overall size: 9 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. (251 x 197 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $600/800
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board.
Comment(s): Scarce. According to “Gordon’s Photography Prices” the auction record for a silver print of this image is $29,090 (€25,000), realized at Christie's, Paris, 11/9/2017, lot #6. Image copyright © The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. [29667-2-400-NA]