Georgia O’Keeffe:
Living Modern

July 20, 2019 - October 20, 2019

John Hawley Olds LaGatta Gallery | Floor 3

Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern takes a new look at how the renowned modernist artist proclaimed her progressive, independent lifestyle through a self-crafted public persona—including her clothing and the way she posed for the camera. The exhibition expands our understanding of O’Keeffe by focusing on her wardrobe, shown for the first time alongside key paintings and photographs. It confirms and explores her determination to be in charge of how the world understood her identity and artistic values.

In addition to selected paintings and items of clothing, the exhibition presents photographs of O’Keeffe and her homes by Alfred Stieglitz, Ansel Adams, Philippe Halsman, Yousuf Karsh, Cecil Beaton, Andy Warhol, Bruce Weber, Todd Webb, and others.

The exhibition is organized in sections that run from her early years, when O’Keeffe crafted a signature style of dress that dispensed with ornamentation; to her years in New York, in the 1920s and 1930s, when a black-and-white palette dominated much of her art and dress; and to her later years in New Mexico, where her art and clothing changed in response to the surrounding colors of the Southwestern landscape. The final section explores the enormous role photography played in the artist’s reinvention of herself in the Southwest, when a younger generation of photographers visited her, solidifying her status as a pioneer of modernism and as a contemporary style icon.

Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern is organized by the Brooklyn Museum, New York, and curated by Wanda M. Corn, Robert and Ruth Halperin Professor Emerita in Art History, Stanford University. The Nevada Museum of Art is the only venue in the western United States to host the exhibition.

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Lead Sponsor
Wayne and Rachelle Prim

Major Sponsors
Nancy and Harvey Fennell | Dickson Realty
The Jacquie Foundation

Sponsors
Denise and Tim Cashman
The Thelma B. and Thomas P. Hart Foundation
I. Heidi Loeb Hegerich
J. P. Morgan Private Bank
Nancy and Brian Kennedy
Linda and Alvaro Pascotto
Sandy Raffealli | Bill Pearce Motors
Elizabeth and Henry Thumann
Emily and Joe Wieczorek

Supporting Sponsors
Anonymous
The Chica Charitable Gift Fund
Jan and David Hardie
Charlotte and Dick McConnell
Mulvaney Family
Enid Oliver, ChFC, Private Wealth Advisor with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Additional Support
Elaine Cardinale
Linda D. Frye

Media Sponsor
Tahoe Quarterly

IMAGE 1: Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946). Georgia O’Keeffe, circa 1920–22. Gelatin silver print, 4½ x 3½ in. (11.4 x 9 cm). Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Gift of The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation, 2003.01.006. IMAGE 2: Attributed to Georgia O’Keeffe. Dress with Matching Belt, circa 1930s. Black wool, crepe and white silk. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Gift of Juan and Anna Marie Hamilton, 2000.3.355a-b. (Photo © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum) IMAGE 3: Georgia O’Keeffe (American, 1887‒1986). Black Pansy & Forget-MeNots (Pansy), 1926. Oil on canvas, 27⅛ x 12¼ in. (68.9 x 31.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Alfred S. Rossin, 28.521. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum) IMAGE 4: Bruce Weber (American, born 1946). Georgia O’Keeffe, Abiquiu, N.M., 1984. Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm). Bruce Weber and Nan Bush Collection, New York. © Bruce Weber IMAGE 5: Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887-1986). 2 Yellow Leaves (Yellow Leaves), 1928. Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 1/8 in. (101.6 x 76.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe, 87.136.6. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum) IMAGE 6: Emsley. Suit (Jacket, Pants, and Vest), 1983. Black wool. Inner garment: Lord & Taylor. Shirt, circa 1960s. White cotton. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Gift of Juan and Anna Marie Hamilton, 2000.03.0384, 2000.03.0393, 2000.03.0386, and 2000.03.0239. (Photo © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum)