O'Keeffe's O'Keeffes: The Artist's Collection
This volume was published to accompany a traveling exhibition of  the same name organized jointly by the Milwaukee Art Museum and  the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. At her death, O'Keeffe owned more  than half of the approximately 2000 known artworks of her total  output. These works were wide-ranging in date, medium, subject,  and quality. Here, Lynes looks at O'Keeffe's possible  motivations for keeping these particular works for herself,  including specific strategies learned from husband and mentor  Alfred Stieglitz to market her art and maintain her financial  security. For example, O'Keeffe might have kept a number of her  charcoal abstractions out of the public eye, as they were not as  marketable and distracted from her image as a painter of imagery  of the southwestern United States. She also seems to have held  back pieces that she felt were important examples of her work,  including the "Evening Star" watercolors. Illustrated with  beautiful color plates, this book is recommended for all  libraries with art collections. Sandra Rothenberg, Framingham  State Coll., MACopyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.