Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Ken Moody, 1983
Photograph · ed. 5/10
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026$21,930 ≈ £16,311 ≈ €18,726Sign up free to see price
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Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946–1989) · 1981
€10,540 price realized incl. premium
≈ $11,753≈ £9,348
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated in felt tip pen in the margin lower right · Robert Mapplethorpe signature
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 45.5 x 35.7 cm (50.4 x 40.4 cm)
- Auction house
- Lempertz
- Sale
- Auction 1133 Photography (1133-1)
- Date
- May 31, 2019
- Location
- 31.05.2019 14:00, Cologne
- Lot
- 156
- Estimate
- €8,000 – €12,000 (≈ $8,921 – $13,381) (≈ £7,095 – £10,643)
- Source
- Auction house lempertz.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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