Art: Skulls & Feathers

Explained a suave young gentleman in the austerely bare Manhattan Gallery of Alfred Stieglitz last week:

"Yes, it is crowded. Our other artists attract a very special class of visitor, but O'Keeffe always brings the general public."

The statement was only partially true. Lean, sober-faced Georgia O'Keeffe is far better known to the general public than most of the other artists under the protective wing of her dealer husband, but to Miss O'Keeffe's embarrassment, every time a showing of her paintings is held, it attracts half the amateur theosophists, swamis, faith healers and...

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