ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)
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ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)

Waves, 1980

Details
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)
Waves, 1980
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board
signed, dated and numbered '1/15' in ink (margin); signed and dated in pencil in photographer's copyright credit stamp, titled, dated and numbered 'MAP #577', '1/15' in pencil (flush mount, verso); credited, titled, dated and numbered on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image: 14 1/8 x 14 in. (35.8 x 35.5 cm.)
sheet/flush mount: 20 x 15 7/8 in. (50.8 x 40.4 cm.)
This work is number one from an edition of fifteen.
Provenance
Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, Colorado;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 2008.
Literature
Arthur C. Danto, Mapplethorpe, Random House, Inc., New York, 1992, pl. 2.

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