Someone always nearby : a novel of Georgia O'Keeffe and Maria Chabot / Susan Wittig Albert.
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TextPublisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: Large print editionDescription: 409 pages (large print) ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9798885794138Subject(s): Chabot, Maria, 1913-2001 -- Fiction | O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986 -- Fiction | O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986 -- Homes and haunts -- New Mexico -- Fiction | Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946 -- Fiction | Female friendship -- Fiction | Letters -- Fiction | Nineteen forties -- Fiction | Women artists -- 20th century -- Fiction | Women authors -- 20th century -- Fiction | Abiquiu (N.M.) -- FictionGenre/Form: Large type books. | Biographical fiction.Summary: In 1940, art-world icon Georgia O'Keeffe bought a house in a mountain-rimmed New Mexico desert, planning to live there for six months every year. To manage her remote household while she paints, O'Keeffe invited Maria Chabot - a young and naïve would-be writer - to join her. Their tempestuous relationship endured throughout the chaotic years of WWII; the death of Georgia's domineering, philandering husband (famed photographer Alfred Stieglitz) and Maria's design and building of a remarkable adobe house and studio for the artist in the native village of Abiquiu - a generous gift from an exceptional friend.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-406)
In 1940, art-world icon Georgia O'Keeffe bought a house in a mountain-rimmed New Mexico desert, planning to live there for six months every year. To manage her remote household while she paints, O'Keeffe invited Maria Chabot - a young and naïve would-be writer - to join her. Their tempestuous relationship endured throughout the chaotic years of WWII; the death of Georgia's domineering, philandering husband (famed photographer Alfred Stieglitz) and Maria's design and building of a remarkable adobe house and studio for the artist in the native village of Abiquiu - a generous gift from an exceptional friend.
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