Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989)  Andy Warhol, 1986

gelatin silver print. signed, dated and numbered '5/10' in ink (in the margin); signed, titled, dated, numbered '1626', '5/10' and copyright credit reproduction limitation stamp (on the reverse of the flush-mount). 19¼ x 19¼in. (48.9 x 48.9cm.) Estimate $40,000 - $60,000

Provenance: Kicken-Pausback Galerie, Cologne;
Christie's, New York, The Refco Collection of Photographs, May 5, 2006, Lot 14

Literature: Kardon, Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, 1988, p. 113

Christie's. Photographs. 31 March 2009. New York, Rockefeller Plaza www.christies.com  Image 2009 Christie's LTD