About this title: This biography draws on many sources closed to writers during O'Keeffe's lifetime and has the cooperation of the O'Keeffe family. Her life spanned nearly a century of ferment and change in America and although part of the modernist movement she established her own unique vision. She was deeply influenced by feminist thought, having experience the ...
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Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Harper, c1990, ; SOFTCOVER, 9-1/4X7-1/2", AUTOGRAPHED, Inscribed and Signed by Author on half title page, several b/w photos, indexed, 639 pages, coovers bright and uncreased, a tight solid copy, VERY GOOD. A nice copy you will be happy to own! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hard Bound
Publisher: Harpercollins, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780060159658ISBN:0060159650
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. First Edition book fine and near fine dust jacket with crease on spine. With archival brodart mylar. A sharp unread copy. read more
Description: Harper & Row, New York, 1989; Very Good; Very Good d/j (price clipped, in protective cover); First Edition, First Printing; Illustrated with 16 pages of glossy b&w photographs & reproductions. read more
Description: 12.90. FINE CONDITION IN FINE DUST JACKET-Remainder Mark- NO WRITING OR MARKS IN BOOK-Nice Clean Copy-HARD COVER-Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped-Biography- Binding, Hinges and Text are all Very Sound and in Fine Condition-Suitable Gift Condition-Beautiful Copy-Shipped in a sturdy box with padding-0060159650-639 pages-Photos- read more
"This is an exhaustive work, superbly researched and well-cited. It is quite lengthy and "dry" in places so it took some time to complete. O'Keefe was one of the first "modern" female artists, yet remained attached to her lover and husband, the great photographer Alfred Stieglitz, despite his emotional cruelty and neglect. Her love for him never wavered, but his forceful and demanding personality smothered her spirit, a spirit that fed her art. His serial womanizing made living with him impossible. After many years living in New York City and summering in Lake George, O'Keefe began spending summers without Stieglitz in Taos, New Mexico with like-minded artists. She ultimately settled there permanently and the photographs taken of her during that time are iconic in their spareness. In Taos she discovered a "light" that replenished her soul and inspired her paintings, particularly the ones of bleached animal skulls and the deserts of the Southwest. O'Keefe's artistic talent was obvious growing up in a large family in the midwest and she attended the Art Institute in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century. She began teaching and taking additional classes while continuing to paint and draw. A classmate showed some of her drawings to Stieglitz and that began their collaboration, resulting in his leaving his wife for her and their ultimate marriage. Stieglitz promoted her tirelessly in his famous gallery "291". But his professional devotion was controlling, arrogant and inflexible and at odds with his neglect of her emotional needs. Much has been written about the erotic qualities of O'Keefe's famous flowers and her rumored bisexuality. Robinson addresses this in the context of that era. Within their avante-garde circle of friends an artist's exploration of sexuality and its role in Nature was accepted. This was the era of Picasso, the Twenties and the Great Depression. One of Stieglitz's influences on O'Keefe was to never "give away" her work. After Stieglitz's death, O'Keefe asked for paintings back from his estate, and her own collection of paintings and drawings provided the basis for the georgia O'Keefe Museum which opened in Santa Fe after her death. O'Keefe lived an ascetic, simple life in New Mexico after Stieglitz's death in the 40's. Her body of work is distinctive and timeless. She died in 1986 at the age of 98. This is a reasonable biography but lacks the passion I would have expected from a female author writing the story of a pioneering, eccentric yet extraordinarily talented female artist. Somehow I think the best way to understand O'Keefe is by viewing her paintings. They speak for themselves."
"Exhaustively researched biography of Georgia O'Keeffe. It is not a sentimental book, which based upon the book's description of Georgia, she would have wanted it that way. It was lengthy, but well-researched. I would recommend it."
"I have spent more than a few lazy summer afternoons sitting on the mesas at Ghost Ranch gazing at Pedernal and soaking in the history of the place, so I am delighted to report that this book fulfilled my every desire of getting to know Georgia O'Keefe better. She is a complex character, and a remarkable woman--an artist who could have easily been overshadowed by Stieglitz, she conquered the art world.
Yes, her work has become exposed to the point of being trite, but her artistic accomplishments for a woman artist in the early to mid 20th century are amazing. And she was such a crusty old character. Love her even more for having read this book."
"Mmmm, well, I dunno. Much of the information here has been repeated in other books. The only thing that sets this book apart from the others about O'Keefe are the constant attempts to prove that she had affairs with men and women. This seemed superfluous and not especially well thought-out. I suppose the author thought this was important to prove one way or the other. It didn't add much, really."
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