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Baby's Breath
Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946–1989)
$21,000 hammer
≈ £16,217≈ €19,495
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “gelatin silver print”
- Edition
- 1/10
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · Robert Mapplethorpe signature
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- sight: approx 15"h, 15 1/8"w
- Auction house
- Austin Auction Gallery
- Sale
- DAY 1- NOVEMBER ANTIQUES & ESTATES AUCTION (16125)
- Date
- November 8, 2024
- Location
- Austin, Texas, United States
- Lot
- 1170
- Estimate
- $6,000 – $15,000 (≈ £4,634 – £11,584) (≈ €5,570 – €13,925)
- Source
- Auction house bid.austinauction.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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