Little magazines are periodicals committed to avant-garde and noncommercial writings, which began in the late 19th century and continued through the 20th century. Georgia O’Keeffe owned an impressive collection of important and lesser known little magazines, some of which are on display in this exhibition.
Front row (left to right): This Quarter; The Dial; The Little Review (2 issues); Poetry (2 issues) and Laughing Horse (stack). Back row (left to right): The Seven Arts (stack), Story, Transition (3 stacks), Transition; The Enemy.
Little magazines are periodicals committed to avant-garde and noncommercial writings, which began in the late 19th century and continued through the 20th century. Most publications operated with little financial support and had short irregular runs. However, little magazines played a critical role in providing a forum for writers who, although now are some of our most noted authors and artists, had at the time no outlet for their unconventional and experimental work. Little magazines helped launch writers such as Ernest Hemingway and James Joyce, and spread artist movements such as surrealism and dada.
Exhibition: Little Magazines
Location: Michael S. Engl Family Foundation Library and Archive, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Dates: April - September 2019
Curators: Tori Duggan, Elizabeth Ehrnst
Learn more about Georgia O'Keeffe's Personal Libraries, and discover more little magazines.
Front row (left to right): This Quarter; The Dial; The Little Review (2 issues); Poetry (2 issues); Laughing Horse (stack).
Back row (left to right): The Seven Arts (stack); Story; Transition (3 stacks); Transition; The Enemy.
From left corner: The Enemy; Transition (single issue and three stacks); Story and The Seven Arts (stack).
Three stacks of Transition magazine.
