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Georgia O'Keeffe, artist
American, 1887 - 1986
Untitled (New York), circa 1925 - 1930
charcoal on Michallet laid paper
62.3 x 47.6 cm (sheet)
Gift of Charlotte S. Mack 1961.48.1

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Artist Biography: Regarded by many as one of the foremost painters in 20th-century American art. ~~Childhood was spent on her family's Wisconsin farm. Studied at the Art Institute of Chicago (1904-05) and the Art Students League of New York (1907-08), and later she supported herself by doing commercial art. Taught art at various schools and colleges in Texas and other Southern states from 1912 to 1916, when her drawings were discovered and exhibited by the American photographer Alfred Stieglitz. Stieglitz praised and promoted her work, and they began a lifelong relationship, marrying in 1924. Hundreds of photographs Stieglitz took O'Keefe form a notable portrait series. Moved to New York City after meeting Stieglitz. Later spent periods in New Mexico, where she moved after Stieglitz's death in 1946. ~~Subjects were close-up views of skulls and other animal bones, flowers and plant organs, shells, rocks, mountains, and other natural forms. Forms were delineated with probing and subtly rhythmic outlines and delicately modulated washes of clear color.

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