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Orchid
Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946–1989) · 1983
£12,600 price realized incl. premium
≈ $14,990≈ €14,590
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print”
- Edition
- 10/10
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · Robert Mapplethorpe signature
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 38.5 x 38.5 cm (15 1/8 x 15 1/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (UK040222)
- Date
- November 22, 2022
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 5
- Estimate
- £12,000 – £18,000 (≈ $14,276 – $21,415) (≈ €13,896 – €20,843)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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