I guess I first met Imogen around 1940. hers was one
of the friendships I treasured most. Feisty as she was, she was very
lovable. This was taken on her better behavior. I have a stack of others
where her mouth is open and she looks fierce. She was very temperamental
and had this habit of intimidating people, particularly students, to get
them to work as hard as she did. I think Imogen is yet to be recognized
for the great portraitist she was. She's often remembered for a
beautiful body of work on irises, but her real rapport was with people.
The wristwatch here is of great significance. It was willed to her by
Edward Weston, who died in what we would, in these days, call abject
poverty. It was just a crime considering what his pictures sell for
today. He and Imogen always had a certain amount of playful bickering
going back and forth, but they were great friends. She was so proud of
the watch, and I wanted to somehow get it into the picture.
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Imogen
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Doesn't Skirt the Issue
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Few Quotes from Portrait of Imogen
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The Cunningham Paradox
On art and Artists: Essays By Thomas Albright
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