Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Lydia, 1985
Photograph · ed. 6/10
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026$25,800 ≈ £19,189 ≈ €22,031Sign up free to see price
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Orchid
Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946–1989) · 1988
$15,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £9,921≈ €11,693
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed by Michael Ward Stout · Robert Mapplethorpe signature
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 19 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (48.9 x 48.9 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (NY040213)
- Date
- April 3, 2013
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 226
- Estimate
- $12,000 – $18,000 (≈ £7,937 – £11,905) (≈ €9,355 – €14,032)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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