The letter is in a never-before-seen trove of O'Keeffe's correspondences newly acquired by the Library of Congress. In this particular 1936 letter, O'Keeffe writes about an "order for a big flower ...

Imagine how big the room has to be to put up a 12-fold screen," the professor said. Most of the painters of the flower paintings are unknown, but Kho said talent shines even without names.