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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burke, Carolyn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artist couples--United States--Biography.

Artist couples.

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946.

Stieglitz, Alfred.

O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986.

O'Keeffe, Georgia.

Strand, Paul, 1890-1976.

Strand, Paul.

James, Rebecca Salsbury, 1891-1968.

James, Rebecca Salsbury.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

419 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2019]

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-- Provided by publisher.

"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.

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.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-396) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Scott fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version: Burke, Carolyn. Foursome.

ISBN:

9780307957290

0307957292

OCLC:

1032289284