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Easter Lilies, 1979
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ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)
Easter Lilies, 1979
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board
signed, dated an inscribed 'For Maureen', 'Happy Birthday' in ink (margin)
image: 13 3/4 x 14 in. (34.9 x 35.5 cm.)
sheet/flush mount: 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (50.4 x 40.3 cm.)
This work is aside from an edition of ten.
Easter Lilies, 1979
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board
signed, dated an inscribed 'For Maureen', 'Happy Birthday' in ink (margin)
image: 13 3/4 x 14 in. (34.9 x 35.5 cm.)
sheet/flush mount: 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (50.4 x 40.3 cm.)
This work is aside from an edition of ten.
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, April 23, 1994, lot 468A;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Sandy Nairne et al., Robert Mapplethorpe, 1970-1983, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 1983, p. 30.
Arthur C. Danto, Mapplethorpe, Random House, New York, 1992, p. 303.
Robert Mapplethorpe, Altars, Random House, New York, 1995, pl. 96.
John Ashbery et al., Pistils, Jonathon Cape, London, 1996, p. 65.
Herbert Muschamp, Mapplethorpe: the Complete Flowers, teNeues, Dusseldorf, 2006, pl. 27.
Arthur C. Danto, Mapplethorpe, Random House, New York, 1992, p. 303.
Robert Mapplethorpe, Altars, Random House, New York, 1995, pl. 96.
John Ashbery et al., Pistils, Jonathon Cape, London, 1996, p. 65.
Herbert Muschamp, Mapplethorpe: the Complete Flowers, teNeues, Dusseldorf, 2006, pl. 27.