First Edition, 1989, first printing, a like-new, unread, unworn, unopened, unmarked, oversized hardcover, with an equally fine unclipped (no price atop front flap, 10/89 at the bottom back flap) dust jacket, from Knopf ( in association with Callaway, New York). Unpaginated. Measures approx. 16" X 13 1/2" X 1". Included is the the card listing 98 titles and dates of paintings and a publishers sheet for ordering this and other Georgia O'Keefe books, calendars, postcard collections, etc. ISBN 0-394-57971-2.
I find it hard to review this book as an art critic, if indeed that's what I'm supposed to be doing. Perhaps I'll review it as an "artist" instead. The book drew me in by the presence of O'Keefe's landscapes--mountains and hills and plains. I came here to get in closer touch with this aspect of her work, as it seems in confluence with my own. The southwestern desert becomes a kind of archetype if you look at these paintings long enough.
There is not much to say. It's a really large volume with page-full reproductions in sky blue, burnt sienna, ochre magenta bone white green, everything somehow dry and full of vitality at the same time.
I sit and look at the landscapes, following each rise and gully, and I relate. It makes me feel good about my own life and my own vision. In some small way, Georgia O'Keefe is a sister. If she has ever felt so to you also, see if you can get a copy of this book and sit with it for a while. It's beautiful.
The reproductions were big and beautiful. I could stare at them all day! There was a short piece at the end giving a pretty decent background on O’Keeffe.
Georgia O'Keefe is one of my favorite artists. This book is a great introduction the the paintings of the west. If you have a chance, visit the O'Keefe museum in Santa Fe.