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Self-Portrait
Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946–1989) · 1983
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate £30,000 – £40,000 (≈ $46,962 – $62,616) (≈ €37,528 – €50,037)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print”
- Edition
- 9/10
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · Robert Mapplethorpe signature
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 38.6 x 38.6 cm (15 1/4 x 15 1/4 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (UK040214)
- Date
- November 18, 2014
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 126
- Estimate
- £30,000 – £40,000 (≈ $46,962 – $62,616) (≈ €37,528 – €50,037)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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