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Robert Mapplethorpe — 'Untitled', ca. 1972
Robert Mapplethorpe

'Untitled', ca. 1972

An early unique Polaroid work by Robert Mapplethorpe from circa 1972, annotated and framed with gallery documentation. This intimate photographic work represents Mapplethorpe's experimental approach to the medium.

Medium
Unique polaroid. Annotated 'PD 708' in pencil in an unknown hand on the verso. With a gallery label bearing information about the work in facsimile affixed to the back of the frame. Matted and framed.
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May 13, 2021

Estimate: $4,000 – $6,000

Lot 65

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Robert Mapplethorpe, 'Untitled', ca. 1972

An early unique Polaroid work by Robert Mapplethorpe from circa 1972, annotated and framed with gallery documentation. This intimate photographic work represents Mapplethorpe's experimental approach to the medium.

Medium
Unique polaroid. Annotated 'PD 708' in pencil in an unknown hand on the verso. With a gallery label bearing information about the work in facsimile affixed to the back of the frame. Matted and framed.
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Intimate, 1972, Monochrome, Photography, American, Photograph, Robert Mapplethorpe, Conceptual Art, Experimental, Mapplethorpe, Contemporary Art, Abstract, Unique Print, Polaroid, Black and White, Contemporary

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Collected by

Hamilton Selway Gallery, Alex Capecelatro