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Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life

by Roxana Robinson · 1989

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Recounts not only the story of O'Keeffe's artistic achievements but also her feisty personality and the controversial events of her life. "A profoundly human treatment of O'Keeffe and all the people who figured prominently in her life."— "Los Angeles Times"

Subject
biographyhistorymemoir
Themes
artwomenartists
Setting
USA
Audience
adult
Length
long · 420 pages

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