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The Resource Foursome : Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Strand, Rebecca Salsbury, Carolyn Burke

Foursome : Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Strand, Rebecca Salsbury, Carolyn Burke

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Summary
  • A captivating, spirited account of the intense relationship among four artists whose strong personalities, passionate feelings, and aesthetic ideals drew them together, pulled them apart, and profoundly influenced the very shape of twentieth-century art--
  • "A captivating, spirited account of the intense relationships between four artists whose strong personalities, passionate feelings, and aesthetic ideals drew them together, pulled them apart, and profoundly influenced the very shape of twentieth-century art. New York, 1921: Alfred Stieglitz, the most influential figure in early twentieth-century photography, celebrates the success of his latest exhibition--the centerpiece, a series of nude portraits of the young Georgia O'Keeffe, soon to be his wife. It is a turning point for O'Keeffe, poised to make her entrance into the art scene--and for Rebecca Salsbury, the fiancée of Stieglitz's protégé Paul Strand. When Strand introduces Salsbury to Stieglitz and O'Keeffe, it is the start of a bond between the two couples that would last more than a decade and reverberate throughout their lives. In the years that followed, O'Keeffe and Stieglitz became the preeminent couple in American modern art, spurring each other's creativity. Observing their relationship led Salsbury to encourage new artistic possibilities for Strand and to rethink her own potential as an artist. In fact, it was Salsbury, the least known of the four, who was the main thread that wove the two couples' lives together. Carolyn Burke mines the recently available correspondence of the foursome to reveal how each of them inspired, provoked, and unsettled the others while pursuing seminal modes of artistic innovation. The result is an illuminating and revelatory portrait of four extraordinary lives."--Dust jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
419 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
Note
  • "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
  • Source of cataloging data: WCP
Contents
  • Opening; New York, 1921
  • Lines and lives
  • Born in Hoboken: 1864-1905
  • Portrait of 291: 1905-1913
  • The direct expression of today: 1914-1917
  • A woman on paper: 1915-1916
  • Passion under control: 1916-1918
  • Squaring the circle: 1918-1920
  • A fine companionship: 1920-1921
  • Twentieth-century seeing: 1922
  • Kinds of living: 1923
  • Sensitive plants: 1924
  • The treeness of a tree: 1925
  • Turning the page: 1926
  • The end of something: 1927-1928
  • How closely we 4 have grown together: 1929
  • New York in New Mexico: 1930-1931
  • Divided selves: 1931-1932
  • Don't look ahead or behind: 1933
  • Another way of living: 1934
  • Aftermath
Isbn
9780307957290
Instance
Label
Foursome : Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Strand, Rebecca Salsbury
Title
Foursome
Title remainder
Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Strand, Rebecca Salsbury
Statement of responsibility
Carolyn Burke
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • A captivating, spirited account of the intense relationship among four artists whose strong personalities, passionate feelings, and aesthetic ideals drew them together, pulled them apart, and profoundly influenced the very shape of twentieth-century art--
  • "A captivating, spirited account of the intense relationships between four artists whose strong personalities, passionate feelings, and aesthetic ideals drew them together, pulled them apart, and profoundly influenced the very shape of twentieth-century art. New York, 1921: Alfred Stieglitz, the most influential figure in early twentieth-century photography, celebrates the success of his latest exhibition--the centerpiece, a series of nude portraits of the young Georgia O'Keeffe, soon to be his wife. It is a turning point for O'Keeffe, poised to make her entrance into the art scene--and for Rebecca Salsbury, the fiancée of Stieglitz's protégé Paul Strand. When Strand introduces Salsbury to Stieglitz and O'Keeffe, it is the start of a bond between the two couples that would last more than a decade and reverberate throughout their lives. In the years that followed, O'Keeffe and Stieglitz became the preeminent couple in American modern art, spurring each other's creativity. Observing their relationship led Salsbury to encourage new artistic possibilities for Strand and to rethink her own potential as an artist. In fact, it was Salsbury, the least known of the four, who was the main thread that wove the two couples' lives together. Carolyn Burke mines the recently available correspondence of the foursome to reveal how each of them inspired, provoked, and unsettled the others while pursuing seminal modes of artistic innovation. The result is an illuminating and revelatory portrait of four extraordinary lives."--Dust jacket
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Provided by publisher
Biography type
collective biography
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Burke, Carolyn
Dewey number
770
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
TR140.S7
LC item number
B87 2019
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Stieglitz, Alfred
  • O'Keeffe, Georgia
  • Strand, Paul
  • James, Rebecca Salsbury
  • Artist couples
Label
Foursome : Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Strand, Rebecca Salsbury, Carolyn Burke
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
  • Source of cataloging data: WCP
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-396) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Opening; New York, 1921 -- Lines and lives -- Born in Hoboken: 1864-1905 -- Portrait of 291: 1905-1913 -- The direct expression of today: 1914-1917 -- A woman on paper: 1915-1916 -- Passion under control: 1916-1918 -- Squaring the circle: 1918-1920 -- A fine companionship: 1920-1921 -- Twentieth-century seeing: 1922 -- Kinds of living: 1923 -- Sensitive plants: 1924 -- The treeness of a tree: 1925 -- Turning the page: 1926 -- The end of something: 1927-1928 -- How closely we 4 have grown together: 1929 -- New York in New Mexico: 1930-1931 -- Divided selves: 1931-1932 -- Don't look ahead or behind: 1933 -- Another way of living: 1934 -- Aftermath
Control code
on1032289284
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
419 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780307957290
Lccn
2018016794
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40029003295
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)1032289284
Label
Foursome : Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Strand, Rebecca Salsbury, Carolyn Burke
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
  • Source of cataloging data: WCP
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-396) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Opening; New York, 1921 -- Lines and lives -- Born in Hoboken: 1864-1905 -- Portrait of 291: 1905-1913 -- The direct expression of today: 1914-1917 -- A woman on paper: 1915-1916 -- Passion under control: 1916-1918 -- Squaring the circle: 1918-1920 -- A fine companionship: 1920-1921 -- Twentieth-century seeing: 1922 -- Kinds of living: 1923 -- Sensitive plants: 1924 -- The treeness of a tree: 1925 -- Turning the page: 1926 -- The end of something: 1927-1928 -- How closely we 4 have grown together: 1929 -- New York in New Mexico: 1930-1931 -- Divided selves: 1931-1932 -- Don't look ahead or behind: 1933 -- Another way of living: 1934 -- Aftermath
Control code
on1032289284
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
419 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780307957290
Lccn
2018016794
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40029003295
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)1032289284

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