The forms in Georgia O’Keeffe’s Blue watercolors of 1916 initially may have been in
The forms in Georgia O’Keeffe’s Blue watercolors of 1916 initially may have been inspired by a landscape, but O’Keeffe distilled them down to basic (yet expressive) curved and straight strokes of her brush. When she began wearing full-length capes a few years later, she showed a similar taste for sweeping lines. The minimalist shape of her cape enclosed her figure in one solid, simple outline, as though she were transforming her own body into an abstraction.Posted by Jessica Murphy | Georgia O’Keeffe (American, 1887–1986). Blue #2, 1916. Watercolor on paper. Brooklyn Museum © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. ⇨ Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946). Georgia O’Keeffe, circa 1920–22. Gelatin silver print. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, N.M.; Gift of The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum ⇨ Zoë de Salle (American, b. France [?], 1897–1990). Cape, c. late 1930s. Black wool crepe. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum; Photo © Gavin Ashworth -- source link
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