Ken and Tyler, 1985

Details

ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946-1989)
Ken and Tyler, 1985
tirage argentique, monté sur support cartonné
signé et daté à l'encre sur le cachet du photographe; titré, daté et numéroté '3/10' à l'encre, numéroté 'RMG #8704.0053C' au crayon (montage, verso)
image: 48.8 x 38.5 cm. (19 ¼ x 14 1/8 in.)
feuille/montage: 50.2 x 40 cm. (19 ¾ x 15 ¾ in.)
Ce tirage est le numéro trois d'une édition de dix exemplaires.

Provenance

Christie's, New York, 10 octobre 1991, lot 296
Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel

Literature

Robert Mapplethorpe, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Bulfinch Press 1988, fig. 151
G. Celant, Mapplethorpe, Milan, 1992, fig. 231
Mapplethorpe, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lausanne, 1992, fig. 69
Mapplethorpe-Rodin, Musee Rodin, Paris, Actes Sud, 2014, p.125

Special notice

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Further details

GELATIN SILVER PRINT, FLUSH-MOUNTED ON BOARD; SIGNED AND DATED IN INK ON STAMPED PHOTOGRAPHER'S CREDIT, TITLED, DATED AND NUMBERED '3/10' IN INK, NUMBERED 'RMG #8704.0053C' IN PENCIL (MOUNT, VERSO); THIS PRINT IS NUMBER THREE FROM AN EDITION OF TEN

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Lot Essay

"If I had been born one or two hundred years ago, I might have been a sculptor, but photography is a very quick way to see, to make sculpture."
Robert Mapplethorpe

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