Robert Mapplethorpe
Michael , 1987 (Executed)
Lot #157 |
2023-11-09 |
Sotheby's, New York
The Emily Fisher Landau Collection: An Era Defined | Day Auction
Category:
Photograph
Estimate:
USD 50,000 - 70,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11371
Auction name: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection: An Era Defined | Day Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2023-11-09
Currency: USD
Source:
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 20th Century American Art
Department: Photography & Video
Medium: Login to view
Dimensions: 29 by 50 in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
73.7
Width In Centimeters:
127
Height In Inches:
29
Width In Inches:
50
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Edition: Unique
Edition notes: Unique.
Year notes: Executed in 1987.
Provenance
Robert Miller Gallery, New York Acquired from the above in 1987 by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Robert Mapplethorpe , July - October 1988, p. 179, illustrated Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Robert Mapplethorpe, February - May 1992, p. 60 (text) New York, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Shared Vision: Photographs from the Collections of Emily Fisher Landau and Anne E. and M. Anthony Fisher , October 1998 - November 1999 New York, Fisher Landau Center for Art, We Are the World: Figures & Portraits, November 2009 - April 2010 New York, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Altered Appearances , July 2015 - January 2016
Literature
Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe , Bellport, 1987, p. 21, illustrated Mark Holborn and Dimitri Levas, eds., Mapplethorpe: Altars , New York, 1995, pp. 118-19, illustrated Robert Mapplethorpe and Els Barents, Robert Mapplethorpe : Ten by Ten , Munich, 1996, pl. 57, illustrated (variant) Robert Mapplethorpe, Robert Mapplethorpe , New York, 2007, p. 230, illustrated (variant)
Catalog summary
The Emily Fisher Landau Collection: An Era Defined Robert Mapplethorpe 1946 - 1989 Michael platinum print on linen canvas with 2 silk panels, in artist's frame 29 by 50 in. 73.7 by 127 cm. Executed in 1987, this work is unique. Provenance Robert Miller Gallery, New York Acquired from the above in 1987 by the present owner Literature Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe , Bellport, 1987, p. 21, illustrated Mark Holborn and Dimitri Levas, eds., Mapplethorpe: Altars , New York, 1995, pp. 118-19, illustrated Robert Mapplethorpe and Els Barents, Robert Mapplethorpe : Ten by Ten , Munich, 1996, pl. 57, illustrated (variant) Robert Mapplethorpe, Robert Mapplethorpe , New York, 2007, p. 230, illustrated (variant) Exhibited New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Robert Mapplethorpe , July - October 1988, p. 179, illustrated Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Robert Mapplethorpe, February - May 1992, p. 60 (text) New York, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Shared Vision: Photographs from the Collections of Emily Fisher Landau and Anne E. and M. Anthony Fisher , October 1998 - November 1999 New York, Fisher Landau Center for Art, We Are the World: Figures & Portraits, November 2009 - April 2010 New York, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Altered Appearances , July 2015 - January 2016