Literature
John Ashbery, Pistils (New York, 1996), p. 51 Herbert Muschamp, Mapplethorpe: The Complete Flowers (New York, 2006), index, unpaginated
Catalog summary
Robert Mapplethorpe 1946 - 1989 Flower gelatin silver print, flush-mounted, the photographer's copyright stamp, signed and dated, and with title, date, edition '2/10,' and [MAP] '1109' in pencil, on the reverse, framed, 1983 image: 19 ⅛ by 15 ⅛ in. (48.6 by 38.4 cm.) frame: 27 ¾ by 23 ¾ in. (70.5 by 60.3 cm.) Literature John Ashbery, Pistils (New York, 1996), p. 51 Herbert Muschamp, Mapplethorpe: The Complete Flowers (New York, 2006), index, unpaginated