“O’Keeffe, Stettheimer, Torr, Zorach: Women Modernists in New York examines the art and careers of four pioneering artists and their contributions to American modernism in parallel for the first time. Through this exhibition, the PMA invites visitors to explore works by some of the most significant modernists in American art history: Georgia O’Keeffe, Marguerite Thompson Zorach, Florine Stettheimer, and Helen Torr. In presenting works by these artists together and connecting their careers in New York City, this exhibition offers valuable perspectives on the meaning of modernism the life of a working artist in New York in the early 20th century, and the shared and differing experiences of being women at a crucial moment in first-wave feminism.” — Portland Museum of Art

Georgia O’Keeffe, American, 1887–1986. Red Flower, 1919. Oil on canvas, 20 ¼ x 17 ¼ in (51.4 x 43.8 cm). Norton Museum of Art, Purchase, The Esther B. O’Keeffe Charitable Foundation.

Georgia O’Keeffe, American, 1887–1986. Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. 3, 1930. Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm). National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Bequest of Georgia O’Keeffe, 1987. © Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington

Georgia O’Keeffe, American, 1887–1986. Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. IV, 1930. Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm). National Gallery of Art, Wahington, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Bequest of Georgia O’Keeffe, 1987. © Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington

Georgia O’Keeffe, American, 1887–1986. Jack-in-Pulpit Abstraction-No. 5, 1930. Oil on canvas, 48 x 30 in (122 x 76.2 cm). National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Bequest of Georgia O’Keeffe, 1987. © Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington

Georgia O’Keeffe, American, 1887–1986. Horse’s Skull with Pink Rose, 1931. Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm). Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation. Photo: ©2015 Museum Associates/ LACMA. Licensed by Art Resource, NY/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Florine Stettheimer, American, 1871- 1944. Self-Portrait with Palette (Painter and Faun), circa 1915. Oil on canvas, 60 x 71 7/8 in (152.2 x 182.4 cm). Art Properties, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University in the City of New York, Gift of the Estate of Ettie Stettheimer, 1967.

Florine Stettheimer, American, 1871–1944. Picnic at Bedford Hills, 1918. Oil on canvas, 40 5/16 x 50 ¼ in (102.4 x 127.6 cm). Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Gift of Ettie Stettheimer.

Florine Stettheimer, American, 1871–1944. Portrait of Myself, 1923. Oil on canvas laid on board, 40 3/8 x 26 3/8 in (102.7 x 67 cm). Art Properties, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University in the City of New York, Gift of the Estate of Ettie Stettheimer, 1967.

Florine Stettheimer, American, 1871–1944. Spring Sale at Bendel’s, 1921. Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in (127 x 101.6 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of Miss Ettie Stettheimer, 1951.

Helen Torr, American, 1886–1967. Corrugated Building, 1929. Oil on panel, 27 x 18 ¾ in (68.6 x 47.6 cm). The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc. and Isabel B. Wilson in memory of Peter C. Marzio. Photo: Bridgeman Images.

Helen Torr, American, 1886-1967. Evening Sounds, circa 1925-30. Oil on composition board, 14 ¼ x 10 in (36.2 x 25.4 cm). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Hayden Collection-Charles Henry Hayden Fund.

Helen Torr, American, 1886-1967. White Cloud (Light House), circa 1932. Oil on canvas, 26 1/4 x 18 in (66.6 x 46 cm). Private Collection. Photo: Josh Nefsky.

Helen Torr, American, 1886–1967. I, 1935. Oil on canvas, 19 ¼ x 13 ¼ in (49 x 33.7 cm). Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts. Gift of Nancy Stein Simpson, class of 1963, in memory of Samuel Stein.

Marguerite Thompson Zorach, American, 1887–1968. Bathers, circa 1913–1914. Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in (61 x 50.8 cm). Norton Museum of Art, Purchase, R.H. Norton Trust, 2015. Photo: Jacek Gancarz.

Marguerite Thompson Zorach, American, 1887–1968. Prohibition, 1920. Oil on canvas, 29 ½ x 24 ½ in (75 x 62.2 cm). Collection of Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, Charleston, WV.

Marguerite Thompson Zorach, American, 1887–1968. West 10th Street, circa 1922. Oil on canvas, 24 x 32 in (61 x 80.3 cm). Collection of Priscilla and John Richman. Photo: Michael Tropea.
Images courtesy Portland Museum of Art
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