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"Finally,
a
woman
on
first
paper!"
With
those
words,
spoken
by
Alfred
Stieglitz
on
in
seeing
drawings
by
Georgia
O'Keeffe
legendary
ronnance
and
long
married
partnership
of
these
two
artists
1916,
the
They
met
when
Modernism
was
tak-
ing
root
in
America,
pioneered
by
Stieglitz
and
his
famous
gallery
291.
In
this
remarkable
began.
double
portrait,
based
upon
five
years
of
exhaustive research
and
access
to
newly
dis-
covered
documents,
Benita
Eisler
has
re-
created
this
era
of
promise,
as
personified
by
two
of
Its
key
figures.
Almost
twenty-four
years
O'Keeffe
was
the
"Eve"
that
his
his
junior,
Stieglitz
sought
in
quest
for
an
authentic
American
idiom.
Captivated
by
Stieglitz's
fame
and
passion,
O'Keeffe
could
not
have
found
a
better
cham-
pion
—
one
who,
acting
as
her
dealer
used
any
painting.
and
all
means
to
promote
her
None-
theless,
this
often
mutually
beneficial
union
was
threatened
by
each
partner's
driving
ambition
and
other
loves:
O'Keeffe's
for
women
young
as
well
as
girls
men;
Stieglitz's
for
very
and
women
alike.
Before
her
marriage.
O'Keeffe
was
involved
with
Stieglitz's
protege,
the
photographer
Paul
Strand.
Later
Stieglitz
and
O'Keeffe
were
both
lovers
of
Strand's
first
wife,
Rebecca.
The
hidden
story
of
this
complex
quartet
provides
a
subplot
to
the
book.
O'Keeffe
and
Stieglitz
offers
a
radical
reap-
praisal
of
Its
subjects'
life
and
work,
including
a
telling
exploration
of
In
Stieglitz's
multiple
portrait
of
O'Keeffe,
one
of
unprecedented
sexual
intimacy
addition.
Eisler
traces
the
between
the
couple
and
Sherwood
Anderson.
Mabel
Dodge
Luhan,
relationships
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