Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989)
Feet, 1982
Gelatin silver print; signed, dated, and numbered '2/10' in ink in the margin, flush-mounted, the photographer's copyright stamp, signed and dated in ink, and with title and edition number in ink on the reverse, framed, a San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Loan label on the reverse.
15 1/8 x 15 1/4 in. (38.4 x 38.7 cm.)
sheet 19 3/4 x 16 in. (50.2 x 40.6 cm.)
Footnotes:
Provenance
Robert Miller Gallery, New York, 1983

Exhibited
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Bay Area Collects, April 21 - June 26, 1983

This gelatin silver print with margins, on paper with a slight surface texture and flush-mounted to thin white board, is in generally excellent condition. Upon close examination under high raking light, a 1-1/4-inch impression is barely perceptible in the upper left corner. In the upper and lower right margins are 2 one-inch abrasions, the lower visible only under raking light. The print edges are gently worn.

On the reverse of the flush-mount, there is an errant fingerprint and some very mild soiling. There are thin strips of modern adhesive along each edge. '895' is written in pencil in an unidentified hand. Sold framed.