Georgia O'KeefFe's watercolors are not as well known but, I would argue, even more powerful than her oil paintings. Her paired down forms and direct approach, coupled with the intensity of color that watercolor is capable of, deliver a direct and visually eye-popping punch.
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Georgia O’Keeffe, Untitled (Abstraction/Portrait of Paul Strand), 1917
Watercolor on paper, 12 x 8 7/8 in. (30.5 x 22.5 cm)
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico Gift, The Burnett Foundation
Copyright, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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