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Foursome

Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Strand, Rebecca Salsbury

by Carolyn Burke
Amanda Carlin
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A captivating, spirited account of the intense relationship among four artists whose strong personalities and aesthetic ideals drew them together, pulled them apart, and profoundly influenced the very shape of twentieth-century art.
New York, 1921: acclaimed photographer Alfred Stieglitz celebrates the success of his latest exhibition—the centerpiece, a series of nude portraits of his soon-to-be wife, the young Georgia O'Keeffe. The exhibit acts as a turning point for the painter poised to make her entrance into the art scene. There she meets Rebecca Salsbury, the fiancé of Stieglitz’s protégé, Paul Strand, marking the start of a bond between the couples that will last more than a decade and reverberate throughout their lives. In the years that followed, O'Keeffe and Stieglitz become the preeminent couple in American modern art, spurring on each other's creativity.  Observing their relationship leads Salsbury to encourage new artistic possibilities for Strand and to rethink her own potential as an artist.

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    March 5, 2019

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      • ISBN: 9781984843166
      • File size: 488468 KB
      • Duration: 16:57:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Amanda Carlin delivers a straightforward performance of this biography of four influential artists of the early twentieth century. The story centers around the established photographer and gallery owner Alfred Stieglitz and his complicated relationships with the young painters Georgia O'Keefe and Rebecca Salsbury and his prot�g� photographer, Paul Strand. The artists alternatively inspire, antagonize, and flirt with each other while trying to maintain their own independence. Carlin gives subtle differences in voice to the passages taken from the journals and letters of each artist, although it is sometimes hard to differentiate among them. The years between WWI and WWII were a transformative period in the history of American art, and the lives of these fascinating and pivotal characters make for an absorbing listening experience. J.E.S. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

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