Robert Mapplethorpe
Poppy
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 75.600 USD
Price realised: 75.600 USD
Description
1988
Dye transfer print.
19 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. (48.9 x 47 cm)
Signed, dated by Michael Ward Stout, Executor, in ink, estate copyright credit reproduction limitation stamps, titled and dated in an unidentified hand in ink on the reverse of the flush-mount. One from an edition of 7.
Dye transfer print.
19 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. (48.9 x 47 cm)
Signed, dated by Michael Ward Stout, Executor, in ink, estate copyright credit reproduction limitation stamps, titled and dated in an unidentified hand in ink on the reverse of the flush-mount. One from an edition of 7.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 51 %.
The work Poppy by Robert Mapplethorpe was sold in the Photographs auction at Phillips in New York in October last year. It achieved a price of USD 75,600.00 (€ 76,102.28), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 51%. Admittedly, works by Robert Mapplethorpe have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Self-Portrait in October 2017 with an auction result of GBP 548,750.00 (€ 625,682.41).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 51 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Poppy von Robert Mapplethorpe wurde im Oktober letzten Jahres in der Auktion Photographs bei Phillips in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 75.600,00 (€ 76.102,28) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 51%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Robert Mapplethorpe auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Self-Portrait im Oktober 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 548.750,00 (€ 625.682,41).