Georgia O’Keefe’s painting, Manhattan, hangs on the ground floor of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, alongside this quote from the artist:
“One can’t paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt.”
My 10-year-old niece recently wrote me a thank you note for a Christmas gift, and included this rendering of New York, as she felt it, on her first trip there before the holiday.
I was surprised to see Starbucks feature so prominently, but heartened she included the Met.
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