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ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)
Lot 315

ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)

Flower, 1983

Closed5 October 2018

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ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)
Flower, 1983
silkscreen in colored ink on aluminum, mounted on wood
titled, dated and inscribed 'The Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe/ by Michael Ward Stout, Executor' in ink (mount, verso)
overall: 40 x 40 x 1.5 in. (101.6 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm.)
This work is unique, part of a series based upon the same image.

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, 1983.

Specialist note

Two alternatively colored versions of this print were exhibited in the seminal retrospective Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, in 2016.