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Georgia O Keeffe's Music-Pink And Blue II, 1919
Georgia O’Keeffe’s Music-Pink and Blue II, 1919 is an oil on canvas piece now being held at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York. The form of this piece work of art, in my opinion, is abstract. The media of this piece is oil but to me, it also closely resembles watercolor paint. The emphasis/focal point of this piece is the dark blue oval-like shape at the bottom right, the implied line, in my opinion, is in this shape, the shape looks like it is sort of floating or swimming to the top. The colors surrounding the shape create an arc of some sort, the colors of the arc are reds, pinks, and oranges. The colors in this piece are very bright, almost none are dull. There is also use of almost every color on the color wheel on this piece. Primary,

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