Mabel Dodge Luhan and Company

Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879-1962) was a political, social, and cultural visionary. Over the years, she hosted famous gatherings in Florence and Greenwich Village, drawing a mix of intellectuals, writers and artists from East and West coasts and Europe. When Mabel Dodge moved to Taos, New Mexico and marr [...]
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Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879-1962) was a political, social, and cultural visionary. Over the years, she hosted famous gatherings in Florence and Greenwich Village, drawing a mix of intellectuals, writers and artists from East and West coasts and Europe. When Mabel Dodge moved to Taos, New Mexico and married the Native American Tony Lujan, they created a "Paris West" salon, putting Taos on the national and international map of the avant-garde. MDL's larger-than-life personality drew the likes of D H Lawrence, Jean Toomer, Mary Austin and Frank Waters; set designer Robert Edmond Jones; composer Carlos Chavez and musical impresario Leopold Stokowski; choreographer Martha Graham; and anthropologists Elsie Clews Parsons and John Collier to this funky little village in northern New Mexico. This book illustrates that fascinating Modernist period, and the topics Mabel Dodge Luhan and her friends were interested in: painting, photography, drama, psychology, radical politics, social reform and Native American rights.