Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 7 October 1998, Sale 7194, Lot 459
Literature
Herbert Muschamp, Mapplethorpe: The Complete Flowers (New York, 2006), chronological index (gelatin silver variant)
Catalog summary
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE 1946-1989 'ROSE' dye-transfer print, signed, dated, and editioned '2/7' in ink in the margin, flush-mounted, the photographer's credit/copyright stamp, signed and dated in ink, and with title, date, edition '2/7,' and 'DT 1770' in ink on the reverse, framed, 1987 image: 19 by 18⅝ in. (48.3 by 47.3 cm.) framed: 30¼ by 26 in. (76.8 by 66 cm.) Provenance Sotheby's New York, 7 October 1998, Sale 7194, Lot 459 Literature Herbert Muschamp, Mapplethorpe: The Complete Flowers (New York, 2006), chronological index (gelatin silver variant)