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Lot #639: ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE - The Coral Sea - Original vintage photogravure



Lot #639: ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE - The Coral Sea - Original vintage photogravure

  Lot #639: ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE - The Coral Sea - Original vintage photogravure


Pre-auction estimates:  $800/1000
 
Sale price: $745.00

   

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Artist: Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946 - 1989).
Title: "The Coral Sea".
Medium: Original vintage photogravure.
Date: Composed 1982. Printed 1988.
Dimensions: Overall size: 9 7/8 x 7 5/8 in. (251 x 194 mm).
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition. Comment(s): This stunning, iconic, and very scarce image depicts, at sea, the huge aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea, dwarfed by a foggy, atmospheric sky. “Gordon’s” lists only 6 sales in the past 35 years of this print, the most recent sale (and an auction record) realizing $98,500 at Sotheby's, New York, 3/302009, lot #163. Image copyright © The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. [29661-2-600]
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