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1918, Georgia O'Keeffe, Over Blue [pastel] -- Museum of Modern Art (New York) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: These abstract works - an oil pastel on paper and an oil painting on canvas - share a similar composition: a blue void surrounded by a series of folds in modulated tones. Though O'Keeffe turned increasingly to oil paint after moving to New York in 1918, she continued to develop her technique in pastel, which she found to be an instructive corollary. In pastel she achieved smooth gradations of color by using her fingers to rub pigment into paper, an effect she achieved in oil by blending with a brush.
Link to other paintings from the exhibition "Georgia O’Keeffe - To See Takes Time".
1918, Georgia O'Keeffe, Over Blue [pastel] -- Museum of Modern Art (New York) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: These abstract works - an oil pastel on paper and an oil painting on canvas - share a similar composition: a blue void surrounded by a series of folds in modulated tones. Though O'Keeffe turned increasingly to oil paint after moving to New York in 1918, she continued to develop her technique in pastel, which she found to be an instructive corollary. In pastel she achieved smooth gradations of color by using her fingers to rub pigment into paper, an effect she achieved in oil by blending with a brush.
Link to other paintings from the exhibition "Georgia O’Keeffe - To See Takes Time".