Self Portrait, 1973

Details

ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946-1989)
Self Portrait, 1973
gelatin silver Polaroid print
blindstamp (in the margin); typed label affixed (on the verso)
3 x 3¾in. (7.5 x 9.5cm.)

Provenance

From Lowell Nesbitt;
to the present owner

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

This Polaroid self portrait was Mapplethorpe's invitation for the opening of his first solo exhibition at the Light Gallery in New York in early 1973. It was sent in the mail to realist painter, Lowell Nesbitt, one of his close friends.

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