© Phillips — view on Phillips website ↗Lydia, 1985
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Skull
Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946–1989) · 1988
£18,750 price realized incl. premium
≈ $24,049≈ €21,652
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print”
- Edition
- 5/10
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · Robert Mapplethorpe signature
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 48.6 x 48.9 cm (19 1/8 x 19 1/4 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (UK040219)
- Date
- October 25, 2019
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 47
- Estimate
- £15,000 – £20,000 (≈ $19,239 – $25,652) (≈ €17,322 – €23,095)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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