Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Lydia, 1985
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Orchid
Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946–1989) · 1988
£21,590 price realized incl. premium
≈ $29,388≈ €25,319
Hammer £17,000 · with buyer’s premium £21,590
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “gelatin silver print, mounted”
- Edition
- 3/10
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed ‘Robert Mapplethorpe’ by the artist, titled, numbered '3/10' and dated in another hand and copyright credit reproduction limitation stamp on the reverse · Robert Mapplethorpe signature
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- image 48.8 x 48.7 cm (19 1/4 x 19 1/8 in.) sheet 60.5 x 50.5 cm (23 7/8 x 19 7/8 in.) frame 76.6 x 76.5 cm (30 1/8 x 30 1/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, London (UK010925)
- Date
- June 24, 2025
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 29
- Estimate
- £12,000 – £18,000 (≈ $16,334 – $24,502) (≈ €14,073 – €21,109)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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