Lot #554: ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE - Self-portrait with Gun and Star - Original vintage photogravure

 

Artist: Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946 - 1989).
Title: "Self-portrait with Gun and Star".
Medium: Original vintage photogravure.
Date: Composed 1982. Printed 1988.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (206 x 206 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): Rare. According to “Gordon’s Photography Prices” there has been only one sale in the past 35 years of a silver print of this image: $22,500 realized at Sotheby's, New York, 10/9/2009, lot #174. Image copyright © The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. [29660-2-400-NA]