Georgia okeeffe brooklyn museum. Corn robert and ruth halperin professor emerita in art history stanford university and made possible by the national endowment for the arts. Living modern is organized by the brooklyn museum with guest curator wanda m. Living modern takes a new look at how the renowned modernist artist proclaimed her progressive independent lifestyle through a self crafted public personaincluding her clothing and the way she posed for the camera.
Okeeffe also inspired stieglitz and he produced several series of photographs of her many of them nudes and exhibited them widely. Six of the works were bequeathed to the museum by. She had numerous one woman gallery exhibitions and her first retrospective paintings by georgia okeeffe opened at the brooklyn museum in 1927.
Previously some of her work was exhibited in another landmark exhibition at the brooklyn museum entitled the international exhibition of modern art in 1926. Gelatin silver print 3 12 x 4 12 inches. The brooklyn museum is an art museum located in the new york city borough of brooklynat 560000 square feet 52000 m 2 the museum is new york citys third largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 15 million works.
The accompanying book is supported by the wyeth foundation for american art and the carl marilynn thoma art foundation and is published by the. It is one of fourteen okeeffes in the collection. The georgia okeeffe museum custom prints program is an exclusive offering of custom made reproductions of artworks by georgia okeeffe.
The brooklyn museum is an art museum located in the new york city borough of brooklyn. Okeeffe had her very first museum exhibition held here at the brooklyn museum in 1927. In this leaf painting by georgia okeeffe i recommend taking a look at the details along the edges of the leaves.
The same attention to detail you can see in her clothing nearby. In addition using our intuitive customization tool you can choose and preview custom framing options for any image. Georgia okeeffe american 1887 1986 preparatory study for brooklyn bridge 1949 georgia okeeffe american 1887 1986 black pansy forget me nots pansy 1926 georgia okeeffe american 1887 1986 brooklyn bridge 1949.
At 560000 square. These archival prints are available in multiple sizes and on your choice of paper or canvas.