Oct 21, 2008 - Sale 2158

Sale 2158 - Lot 319

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT (1946-1989)
Phyllis Tweel. Silver print, 13 3/4 inches square (35 cm. square), with Mapplethorpe's signature, date, and inscription, "For Phyllis," in pencil, on recto. 1979

Additional Details

Gifted by Mapplethorpe to the sitter, Phyllis Tweel, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity from the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation.


Another print of this photograph was included in the exhibit "Eye to Eye, Robert Mapplethorpe Selected by Cindy Sherman" at the Sean Kelly Gallery, in 2003.