Man in Polyester Suit
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Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Bid
180,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Robert Mapplethorpe
1946 - 1989
Man in Polyester Suit
gelatin silver print, signed, dated and editioned '8/15' in ink in the margin, flush-mounted, the photographer's copyright stamp, signed and dated in ink, with edition and '[MAP] 529' in pencil, on the reverse
image: 17⅞ by 13⅞ in. (45.4 by 35.3 cm.)
Executed in 1980.
Galerie Jurka, Amsterdam
Galerie Nagel, Berlin
Acquired from the above circa 1981-82 by the present owner
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