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Untitled (Armpit)
Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946–1989) · 1981
€6,100 price realized incl. premium
≈ $8,300≈ £4,960
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print”
- Edition
- 15/15
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · Robert Mapplethorpe signature
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 35.4 x 35.4 cm (50.7 x 40.2 cm)
- Auction house
- Lempertz
- Sale
- Auction 1031 Photography (1031-1)
- Date
- May 30, 2014
- Lot
- 197
- Estimate
- €5,000 – €6,000 (≈ $6,804 – $8,164) (≈ £4,065 – £4,879)
- Source
- Auction house lempertz.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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