Name/Title
Georgia O'Keeffe : art and lettersEntry/Object ID
N9500.O54.A7 1987Description
This volume is a catalog accompanying the centennial exhibition of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe's (1887-1986) work at the National Gallery of Art. This work includes color reproductions of the 120 pieces in the exhibition, as well as 125 letters O'Keeffe wrote during her lifetime. This survey includes charcoals and pencil drawings on paper, but most is devoted to her work in color -- water colors and pastels on paper, and oils on canvas. O'Keeffe's letters are grouped according to four periods in her life: 1915-1918, when she was an art teacher in Virginia, South Carolina and Texas; 1919-1929, when she lived with Alfred Stieglitz in New York; 1929-1946, a period of time when she became more attached to the Southwest, and broke with the way of life in New York City and the east coast; and 1947-1981, when, after Stieglitz's death, she moved to and took up residence in New Mexico permanently. Through the personal letters that form the core of the book, O'Keeffe emerges as an even more complex and passionate person than she herself was willing to reveal before her death in 1986.Collection
Carol Westfall CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
artist monographs, painters--united states, women artistsLegacy Lexicon
Category
Exhibition catalogBook Details
Author
Jack Cowart, Juan HamiltonPublisher
National Gallery of Art, New York Graphic SocietyPlace Published
City
Washington, DC, Boston, MADate Published
1987Call No.
N9500.O54.A7ISBN
821216864, 9780821216866LCCN
87015405Notes
Length: 300General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
Art and artist / Jack Cowart -- In O'Keeffe's world / Juan Hamilton -- From the faraway / Sarah Greenough -- Letters: 1915-1918 ; 1919-1929 ; 1929-1946 ; 1947-1981.