FROM OUR EDITORS

Although she did not consider them her specialty, Georgia O'Keeffe produced flower paintings so unique and compelling that for many people they remain the quintessence of the genre. No delicate Impressionistic pastels for O'Keeffe, whose garden is filled with fabulous, gargantuan blooms steeped in bold, intoxicating color and sweet perfume. Enlarged to Brobdingnagian proportions, these blossoms sing a siren song, inviting us to disappear inside the velvety, deep recesses of countless funnels, bells, and trumpets, or losing us among the whorls and folds of a thousand fragrant petals. Culled from museums and private collections around the world, this gorgeous, oversized book collects 100 of O'Keeffe's astonishing flower canvases, displaying to perfection the sumptuous color, lavish detail, and sheer sensuality that imbue these beautiful and distinctive artworks. And, though they are bound to create an astonishingly beautiful book, dozens of these brilliantly colored plates lend themselves nicely to matting and framing. 13" x 16".

ANNOTATION

The bestselling original hardcover edition of One Hundred Flowers was heralded by the critics in 1987 as "a revelation . . . magnificently produced."-- The New York Times. Now, this collection of 100 famous and extravagantly beautiful flowers is available in an unprecedented miniature trade paperback edition. Full-color photographs.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

A flower is relatively small. Everyone has many associations with a flower -- the idea of flowers. You put your hand to touch the flower -- lean forward to smell it -- maybe touch it with your lips almost without thinking -- or give it to someone to please them. Still -- in a way -- nobody sees a flower -- really -- it is so small -- we haven't time -- and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time. If I could paint the flower exactly as I see it no one would see what I see because I would paint it small like the flower is small. --Georgia O'Keeffe

FROM THE CRITICS

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