Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) Portrait of Jack Stahl (Lone Mountain College, San Francisco).

Silver print, 7 1/2 inches (19.1 cm.) square, with Mapplethorpe's signature and date, in ink, on verso. 1976 - Estimate $4,000-6,000

This print was shown in Mapplethorpe's first exhibition of male nudes at The Kitchen, an alternative space in Manhattan's Soho district, in 1977. It is an early, uneditioned print.

SWANN GALLERIES, INC. PHOTOGRAPHIC LITERATURE & FINE PHOTOGRAPHS. December 8, 2009 - Swann Auction Galleries