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Eisler, Benita - O'Keeffe and Stieglitz : an American romance / Benita Eisler

Title: O'Keeffe and Stieglitz : an American romance / Benita Eisler
Description: New York : Doubleday : Penguin 1992. First edition. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: x.546p. [40]p of plates: ill; 25cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [521]-534) and index. Contents: Prologue -- In flight from Eden -- The spell of the camera -- Artist in exile -- The will to art and the will to power -- Gone to look for America -- 'A great party and a great day' -- 'The finest girl in Texas' -- Mission impossible -- 'Woman supreme' -- Show and tell -- Fortress America -- New beginnings -- 'The simple thing before us' -- Alfred Stieglitz presents -- -- The long summer of '23 [1923] -- City lights -- High stakes -- Enter Mrs. Norman -- Up in Mabel's room -- A cathedral and a laboratory -- The powder room war -- A separate peace -- The empress of Abiquiu -- Notes. Partial contents Illustrations: Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe / Arnold Newman. 1942 -- From the window of 291 / Alfred Stieglitz -- Edward and Hedwig Werner Stieglitz. Alfred. his aunt. Rosa -- Paula. sun rays. Berlin / Alfred Stieglitz. 1889 -- Alfred Stieglitz and his daughter. Kitty / Edward Steichen. 1904-1905 -- Edward Steichen reading to Kitty / 1905 -- Mary Rapp / Alfred Stieglitz -- Mabel Dodge [Luhan] -- Dorothy True / Alfred Stieglitz. 1919 -- Paul Strand / Alfred Stieglitz. 1917 -- Georgia O'Keeffe / Alfred Stieglitz. 1918 -- Georgia O'Keeffe. after her return from New Mexico / Alfred Stieglitz. 1929 -- Marsden Hartley / Alfred Stieglitz -- Arthur G. Dove. [collected by Duncan Phillips] / Alfred Stieglitz. 1915 -- Charles Demuth / Alfred Stieglitz. 1922 -- John Marin / Alfred Stieglitz. 1922 -- Waldo Frank / Alfred Stieglitz. 1920 -- Sherwood Anderson / Alfred Stieglitz. 1923 -- Paul Rosenfeld / Alfred Stieglitz. 1922 -- Family portrait II / Florine Stettheimer. 1933 -- Katharine Rhoades / Edward Steichen -- Georgia Engelhard / Alfred Stieglitz. 1920 -- The shanty / Georgia O'Keeffe. 1922 -- Alfred at Lake George / Ida O'Keeffe. 1924 -- Rebecca Salsbury Strand / Alfred Stieglitz. 1922 -- Black abstraction / Georgia O'Keeffe. 1927 -- Slightly open shell / Georgia O'Keeffe. 1926 -- From my window at the Shelton. West / Alfred Stieglitz. 1931 -- East River from Shelton / Georgia O'Keeffe. 1927 -- Mabel Dodge Luhan. Frieda Lawrence. and Dorothy Brett. Taos. New Mexico. 1930s -- Jean Toomer and Marjorie Content Toomer. mid-1930s -- Tony Luhan / Ansel Adams. about 1930 -- Georgia O'Keeffe / Rebecca Strand. 1929 -- Calla lilies (Bert Savoy) / Charles Demuth. 1926 -- Single lily with red / Georgia O'Keeffe. 1928 -- Georgia O'Keeffe and Mrs. Chester Dale. late 1930s -- Alfred Stieglitz at An American Place. early 1940s -- Georgia O'Keeffe painting in her car. Ghost Ranch. New Mexico / Ansel Adams. 1937. Subjects: O'Keeffe. Georgia 1887-1986. Stieglitz. Alfred 1864-1946. Artists United States; Biography. Photographers United States; Biography. Artists. Photographers. United States. America USA artists painting photography biography. Genre: Bibliography. Biographies. Illustrated. Summary: Provides a look at the artistic collaboration and romance between artist-painter Georgia O'Keeffe and photographer. art patron. and mentor Alfred Stieglitz.ISBN: 0140170944.

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Price: EUR 10.95 = appr. US$ 11.90 Seller: MW Books
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