“He said he did flowers because he didn’t know any people who would sit as long as he wanted.”
—Photographer Judy Linn on Robert Mapplethorpe this week at the Getty Center
Parrot Tulips, 1988, Robert Mapplethorpe. Jointly acquired by The J. Paul Getty Trust and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Partial gift of The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation; partial purchase with funds provided by The J. Paul Getty Trust and the David Geffen Foundation. © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation