Author: | Christine Taylor Patten, Alvaro Cardona-Hine | ISBN: | 9780826325990 |
Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press | Publication: | July 1, 2013 |
Imprint: | University of New Mexico Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Christine Taylor Patten, Alvaro Cardona-Hine |
ISBN: | 9780826325990 |
Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press |
Publication: | July 1, 2013 |
Imprint: | University of New Mexico Press |
Language: | English |
In 1983, Christine Taylor Patten was hired as one of the people who took care of Georgia O’Keeffe, then ninety-six. Also an artist, Patten served as nurse, cook, companion, and friend to the older woman. This intimate account of the year of Patten’s employment offers a rare glimpse of O’Keeffe’s daily life when she could no longer see well enough to paint.
In 1983, Christine Taylor Patten was hired as one of the people who took care of Georgia O’Keeffe, then ninety-six. Also an artist, Patten served as nurse, cook, companion, and friend to the older woman. This intimate account of the year of Patten’s employment offers a rare glimpse of O’Keeffe’s daily life when she could no longer see well enough to paint.