Flowers
Red Canna, 1924
In Red Canna of 1924, O’Keeffe lets warm red nuances meet yellow and cold purplish pink, which emphasizes the heat of the red. Here we have the V-shape again, and the undulations from Blue and Green Music, from 1919, but in this case the composition is centered around a middle line and both waves and V-shapes have a disciplined striving upwards. The elements are still loaded with organic disobedience and force.
In a letter to O’Keeffe, Demuth praised the color in her painting, which was exhibited in 1926, and wanted her to paint one for his music room. He wanted it to fill the room and thought, there would be no need for someone to play in there.
Charles Demuth (1883-1935)
The Figure 5 in Gold (1928)
From The Metropolitan Museum of Art comes this flower with their comment:
Black Iris, 1926
This monumental flower painting is one of O’Keeffe’s masterpieces. Using colors that are subtly graded from impenetrable black-purple and deep maroon to soft pinks, grays, and whites, she captures the ephemeral quality of this springtime bloom. By enlarging the petals to over-lifesize proportions, O’Keeffe forces the viewer to confront what might otherwise be overlooked and, in turn, elevates the ordinary to the extraordinary. When her magnified flowers were first shown in 1924, even Stieglitz was shocked by their audacity. Critics saw sexual content in their delicate contours, organic forms, and lush surfaces, even though the artist always denied such associations.
Books
Chimneys and Towers: Charles Demuth’s Late Paintings of Lancaster
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