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Friday, 06 May 2016 12:18

“A Real Creator of Creators,” How Mabel Dodge Luhan Catalyzed Southwest American Modernism

Nicolai Fechin (1881–1955), Mabel Dodge Luhan, 1927. Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 inches. The Anschutz Collection, Denver, Col. Nicolai Fechin (1881–1955), Mabel Dodge Luhan, 1927. Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 inches. The Anschutz Collection, Denver, Col.

In February 1914, Marsden Hartley wrote to Alfred Stieglitz from Berlin: “Mabel Dodge is really the most remarkable woman I ever knew…a real creator of creators.” 1 In January, Mabel had written an introduction to Hartley’s exhibition at Stieglitz’s gallery, 291, later published in the June 1914 issue of Stieglitz’s journal Camera Work. Hartley would be one of the first, and most important, of the numerous modernist artists and visionaries Mabel drew to Taos, New Mexico.

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