Georgia O'Keeffe, American, b. Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1887–1986 Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
16 × 30 in. (40.6 × 76 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1941
Provenance:
Downtown Gallery, New York
Forum Gallery, New York, to 16 May 1974
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York and Washington, DC, 16 May 1974-31 August 1981
Estate of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1981-1986
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
Exhibition History:
AN AMERICAN PLACE, New York. "Georgia O'Keeffe: Exhibition of Recent Paintings, 1941," 2 February-17 March 1942, no. 14.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "1943-1944 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art," 23 November 1943-4 January 1944, no. 71.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Selections from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest," 7 August-16 November 1986, no. 70.
CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, Paris. "Feminine Masculine: Le sexe de l'art," 17 October 1995-8 January 1996, ill. p. 247.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, St. Petersburg, Florida. "Georgia O'Keeffe: the Artist in Focus," 15 November 1998-15 January 1999, no. 9, p. 20.
KUNSTHAUS ZURICH. "Georgia O'Keeffe: From the Plains," 24 October 2003-1 February 2004, cat.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MUSEUM OF ART, Ann Arbor. "Georgia O’Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape," 10 July-26 September 2004. Tour: FRESNO METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, 22 October-2 January 2005.
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM, Santa Fe. "Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities," 23 May-7 September 2008, color ill. p. 80. TOUR: SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM, Washington, DC, 26 September-4 January 2009; NORTON MUSEUM OF ART, West Palm Beach, Florida, 23 January-3 May; SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 9 June-20 September.
TATE MODERN, London. "Georgia O'Keeffe," 6 July-30 October 2016, fig. 159; p. 254. Tour: KUNSTFORUM WIEN, Vienna, 7 December-26 March 2017; ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, Toronto, 22 April-30 July.
MUSEO THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA, Madrid. "Georgia O'Keeffe," 20 April-8 August 2021, no. 70, color ill. p. 199. Tour: CENTRE NATIONAL D'ART ET DE CULTURE GEORGES POMPIDOU, Paris, 8 September-6 December 2021; FONDATION BEYELER, Riehen/Basel, 23 January 2022-22 May.
Published References:
WATSON, ERNEST W. "Georgia O'Keeffe," American Artist 7 (June 1943): p. 11, ill.
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE FILES, DOWNTOWN GALLERY PAPERS, ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, DC, microfilm roll np. ND36, frame 70; microfilm rool no. NY59-15, frames 49-51; microfilm roll no. N678, frames 612-14.
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE FILES, WHITNEY MUSEUM PAPERS, ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, DC, microfilm roll no. NY59-13, frame 246.
RICHARD PAUL. "Hirshhorn: A Collector's Touch," The Washington Post, (9 August 1986): p. D8.
ELDERIDGE, CHARLES. Georgia O'Keeffe (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1991): p. 117.
MONTGOMERY, ELIZABETH. Georgia O'Keeffe (New York: Barnes & Nobles, 1993): colorplate, p. 110.
WRIGHT, SUSAN. Georgia O'Keeffe: An Eternal Spirit (Todtri, 1996): p. 119.
UNSIGNED. Mosaid: News from the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida. (October, November, December 1998): color ill., p. 6.
UNSIGNED. "Museum of Fine Arts offers unique perspectives on the works of Georgia O'Keeffe," Pinellas News (23 October 1998): p. 1, 3.
MILANI, JOAN. "Artist embodies American vision," The Tampa Tribune Times (Sunday 29 November 1998): p. 14.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA. Advertisement for O'Keeffe exhibition, Tampa Bay Magazine (November/December 1998): p. 18.
MARGER, MARY ANN. "Brush with Greatness," Floridian (7 December 1998): p. 1D, 5D.
LYNES, BARBARA BUHLER. Georgia O'Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonne (New Haven and London: Yale University Press in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation, Abiquiu, New Mexico, 1999): volume II, no. 1040.
