Miss O'Keeffe
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Book Overview
In 1983, Christine Taylor Patten was hired as one of the people who took care of Georgia O'Keeffe, then ninety-six. Also an artist, Patten served as nurse, cook, companion, and friend to the older woman. This intimate account of the year of Patten's employment offers a rare glimpse of O'Keeffe's daily life when she could no longer see well enough to paint.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0826319610
ISBN13:9780826319616
Release Date:July 2013
Publisher:University of New Mexico Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.6" x 8.1"
Customer Reviews
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A wonderful portrait of a great American Artist
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I was searching for my copy of this book and it appears to have disappear! I used to just have a wonderful feeling just touching the book and have recommended it to a number of people who apreciate art and that of Miss Okeeffe, especially. I find such stories of how the author, Ms. Patten would encourage Miss O'Keeffe to assist her as she made them bread and the pleasure the artist got from doing that simple task. I also found it very interesting the method O'Keeffe developed for her daily walks --- carrying stones in her pockets that helped her know how far she had walked. And the precision with which she requested her simple clothing be laid out! I do think the book was one that show the love the author developed for Miss Okeeffe and that the author also saw how destructive some of the artists so called friends treated her in the last months of her life!
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