Georgia O'keeffe: Circling Around Abstraction - Hardcover

One of America's most innovative and most popular artists, Georgia O'Keeffe is rightfully celebrated as a pioneer who worked in her own style and on her own terms. Her very name calls to mind her striking imagery: magnified views of flowers, iconic vistas of the American West, and haunting bones floating against the sky. But emphasis on the stunning beauty of such paintings has obscured what was perhaps O'Keeffe's most significant contribution to art history: her unique approach to abstraction. This book, which accompanies a traveling exhibition organized by the Norton Museum of Art, examines for the first time this overlooked aspect of O'Keeffe's work, focusing specifically on her distinctive use of circular forms as an abstract motif.

Barbara Buhler Lynes, Curator of the Georgia O Keeffe Museum and Emily Fisher Landau Director of the Museum Research Center, is the author of many other publications, including "Georgia O Keeffe Catalogue Raisonne". Jonathan Weinberg is the author of several books, including "Male Desire: The Homoerotic in American Art" and "Fantastic Tales: The Photography of Nan Goldin".