Lot #1810: ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE - Breasts - Original vintage photogravure

 

Artist: Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946 - 1989).
Title: "Breasts".
Medium: Original vintage photogravure.
Date: Composed 1988. Printed 1988.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (206 x 206 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $300
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $500/600
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): According to “Gordon’s Photography Prices” the auction record for a silver print of this image is $37,070 (€27,500) realized at Sotheby's, Paris, 11/15/2013, lot #52. Image copyright © The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. [29669-2-300-NA]