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Marcus, Elli (1899-1977) Photograph of Georgia O'Keeffe.
1944, artist lifetime print.
Silver gelatin portrait signed by Marcus on verso and again on the mat, with Marcus's New York East 82nd street rubber stamp on verso and numbered 86 in pencil; (marginal staining from tape and residual tape to margins of print affecting never more than 1/2 inch of the margins); a striking image of O'Keeffe facing the camera with her arms crossed, posed with one of her paintings in the background, and wearing her characteristic white top and black vest; with words in O'Keeffe's hand framing her presence in the composition, ending with "Georgia O'Keeffe" written across the artist's folded arms; the handwriting is part of the photographic image; in Marcus's signed mat; edge chipping, tape discoloration to margins; 13 3/4 x 11 in. in a 20 x 16 in. mat.
Other images from this session have been located in institutional holdings, but no other examples of this particular image have surfaced.
