Robert Mapplethorpe
Dennis Speight , 1983 (Dated)
Lot #662 |
2024-03-04 |
Sotheby's, New York
Contemporary Discoveries
Category:
Drawing
Estimate:
USD 8,000 - 12,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11421
Auction name: Contemporary Discoveries
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2024-03-04
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
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Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 13¼ by 15¼ in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
33.7
Width In Centimeters:
38.7
Height In Inches:
13.25
Width In Inches:
15.25
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Edition: 10
Edition notes: Number 2 from an edition of 10.
Year notes: Dated in 1983.
Provenance
Sage Gallery, Paris Tenletters Media, Inc., New York Acquired from the above in 2011 by the present owner
Exhibited
Paris, Sage Gallery; Helsinki, Kiasma Museum of Art, Robert Mapplethorpe , March – July 2014 Brussels, Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Martin Maloney, Robert Mapplethorpe, Jack Pierson , 2006 (another example
Catalog summary
From Line to Lens: Minimalism and Photography from an Important East Coast Collection Robert Mapplethorpe 1946 - 1989 Dennis Speight the photographer's estate stamp, signed and dated 1983 in ink by Michael Ward Stout, Executor, and with title, date 1983 and number 2/10 in pencil (on the reverse of the flush-mount) gelatin silver print 13¼ by 15¼ in. 33.7 by 38.7 cm. Executed in 1983, this print is number 2 from an edition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs. Provenance Sage Gallery, Paris Tenletters Media, Inc., New York Acquired from the above in 2011 by the present owner Exhibited Paris, Sage Gallery; Helsinki, Kiasma Museum of Art, Robert Mapplethorpe , March – July 2014 Brussels, Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Martin Maloney, Robert Mapplethorpe, Jack Pierson , 2006 (another example exhibited)