Artist: Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946 - 1989). Title: "Calla Lily [1988]". Medium: Original vintage photogravure. Date: Composed 1988. Printed 1988. Dimensions: Overall size: 8 3/16 x 8 1/8 in. (208 x 206 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; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): The present lot is generally considered to be Mapplethorpe's finest photograph of a Calla Lily, an image to which he would become closely associated. According to “Gordon’s Photography Prices” the auction record for a platinum print of this image is $266,500, realized at Christie's, New York, 4/15/2010, lot #406. Image copyright © The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. [29670-2-800]