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- Estimate
- $9,000–$12,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Photographs, New York · 15 April 2010
- Dimensions
- 15 1/8 x 15¼in. (38.8 x 39.3cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5092085
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Robert Mapplethorpe, Orchid, 1982. Christie's, 15 Apr 2010, lot 301. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5092085.
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Robert Mapplethorpe, Orchid, 1982. Christie's, 15 Apr 2010, lot 301. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5092085.
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| Peru, 1948 | Robert Frank | $5,000–$7,000 | |
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