Orchid, 1977
Details
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)
Orchid, 1977
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board
signed and dated '1979' in pencil in photographer's copyright credit stamp and titled, dated, numbered '1/3', '89:291' and '143' in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image: 14 x 14 in. (35.5 x 35.5 cm.)
sheet/flush mount: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.7 cm.)
This work is number one from an edition of three.
Orchid, 1977
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board
signed and dated '1979' in pencil in photographer's copyright credit stamp and titled, dated, numbered '1/3', '89:291' and '143' in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image: 14 x 14 in. (35.5 x 35.5 cm.)
sheet/flush mount: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.7 cm.)
This work is number one from an edition of three.
Provenance
Douglas Drake Gallery, New York;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1992.
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1992.
Literature
Herbert Muschamp, Mapplethorpe; The Complete Flowers, teNeues, New York, 2006, pl. 10.