I « met » Georgia O’Keeffe this summer at the Met of New York city. An experience similar to my discovery of Mark Rothko a few years ago.
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Grey Line with Lavender and Yellow, oil on canvas, ca. 1923
O’Keeffe conjure up images of flower petals and human anatomy…
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Black abstraction, oil on canvas, 1927
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Black Iris, oil on canvas, 1926
Monumental flower painting, with enlarged petals forcing the viewer to observe the small details
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Black Place II, oil on canvas, 1944
« The Black Place » was the name O’Keeffe gave to one of her favorite painting sites in New Mexico, a place of desolate hills.