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TIL Frank Lloyd Wright and Georgia O'Keeffe met in 1942 and continued to correspond with one another over the years. Their lives followed parallel arcs—from their births in rural Wisconsin, to finding success in an American metropolis, and refining their craft in isolated southwest desert enclaves.

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