1987 1st Edition Art Book, "Georgia O'Keefe: One Hundred Flowers", Nicholas Callaway Editor

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Offered is a large format 1st Edition book, "Georgia O'Keefe: One Hundred Flowers", Nicholas Callaway, Editor. Published in conjunction with … Read more Offered is a large format 1st Edition book, "Georgia O'Keefe: One Hundred Flowers", Nicholas Callaway, Editor. Published in conjunction with an exhibit in 1987 celebrating the centennial of her birth. Many of the images are of paintings held in private collections and had never been published before - they were tracked down by the photographer. Dust jacket and embossed grey cloth cover.

Publisher: ‎ Knopf
Publication date: ‎ October 12, 1987
Edition: ‎ First Edition
Language: ‎ English
Print length: ‎ 100 pages
ISBN-10: ‎ 0394562186
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0394562186
Item Weight: ‎ 6.7 pounds
Dimensions: ‎ 13.75" x 1" x 16.25" inches

Synopsis:
This collection gathers together many of O'Keeffe's memorable flower paintings, in a volume that features many full-color, close-up photographs taken especially for this book

Reviews: Flower paintings comprise more than one-fourth of O'Keeffe's total output. Callaway spent years tracking down these huge, colorful pictures, many of them in private collections; over half of the 100 oils, watercolors, pastel and charcoal sketches reproduced here have never before been published. O'Keeffe's best flower pictures are masterpieces of organic form, metaphors of the unfolding of the inner self. Some of the paintings are brash in their erotic associations, outrageous color contrasts and overblown size; a few even suggest Pop Art. Other pictures employ garish color combinations, still others look clumsy, or static and unrealized. But on the whole, this volume is a glorious discovery. Its publication marks the centennial of O'Keeffe's birth and ties in with a retrospective exhibition that tours nationally. See less