Image: https://it.pinterest.com/pin/810296157925392799/?lp=true http://www.theartstory.org/artist-sheeler-charles-artworks.htm#pnt_1: ‘This painting illustrates O'Keeffe's skill in articulating architectural structures as well as her use of the highly realistic, yet simplified style of Precisionism. She uses the night backdrop to incorporate a play between structure and light, and between the straight lines of the architectural forms and the ethereal smoke, which is reminiscent of the folds of flowers. ... She depicts the building from a low vantage point to convey a sense of oppression with the building's towering presence over the viewer. The painting can also be read as a double portrait of Steiglitz and O'Keeffe; Stieglitz is represented by the Scientific American Building, as indicated by his name in red, and O'Keeffe by the Radiator Building. Object portraits of this type, influenced by the poetry of Gertrude Stein, were an important theme for artists of the Stieglitz Circle.’
‘Radiator Building - Night, New York’ Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986). Oil on canvas. 1927. Fisk University, Nashville.
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