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- ISBN 9780300257809
- Dimensions: 254 x 273mm
- Publication Date: 11 Jan 2022
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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A groundbreaking introduction to the photographic work of an iconic modern artist
The pathbreaking artist Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986) is revered for her iconic paintings of flowers, skyscrapers, animal skulls, and Southwestern landscapes. Her photographic work, however, has not been explored in depth until now. After the death of her husband, the photographer Alfred Stieglitz, in 1946, photography indeed became an important part of O’Keeffe’s artistic production. She trained alongside the photographer Todd Webb, revisiting subjects that she had painted years before—landforms of the Southwest, the black door in her courtyard, the road outside her window, and flowers. O’Keeffe’s carefully composed photographs are not studies of detail or decisive moments; rather, they focus on the arrangement of forms.
This is the first major investigation of O’Keeffe’s photography and traces the artist’s thirty-year exploration of the medium, including a complete catalogue of her photographic work. Essays by leading scholars address O’Keeffe’s photographic approach and style and situate photography within the artist’s overall practice. This richly illustrated volume significantly broadens our understanding of one of the most innovative artists of the twentieth century.
Published in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
(October 17, 2021–January 17, 2022)
Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
(February 26–June 12, 2022)
Denver Art Museum
(July 3–November 6, 2022)
Cincinnati Art Museum
(February 3–May 7, 2023)
The pathbreaking artist Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986) is revered for her iconic paintings of flowers, skyscrapers, animal skulls, and Southwestern landscapes. Her photographic work, however, has not been explored in depth until now. After the death of her husband, the photographer Alfred Stieglitz, in 1946, photography indeed became an important part of O’Keeffe’s artistic production. She trained alongside the photographer Todd Webb, revisiting subjects that she had painted years before—landforms of the Southwest, the black door in her courtyard, the road outside her window, and flowers. O’Keeffe’s carefully composed photographs are not studies of detail or decisive moments; rather, they focus on the arrangement of forms.
This is the first major investigation of O’Keeffe’s photography and traces the artist’s thirty-year exploration of the medium, including a complete catalogue of her photographic work. Essays by leading scholars address O’Keeffe’s photographic approach and style and situate photography within the artist’s overall practice. This richly illustrated volume significantly broadens our understanding of one of the most innovative artists of the twentieth century.
Published in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Exhibition Schedule:
(October 17, 2021–January 17, 2022)
Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
(February 26–June 12, 2022)
Denver Art Museum
(July 3–November 6, 2022)
Cincinnati Art Museum
(February 3–May 7, 2023)
Lisa Volpe is associate curator of photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Ariel Plotek is curator of fine art at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.
