No. 2-Special

1915

Georgia O'Keeffe

Associated Names
Georgia O'Keeffe

Artist, American, 1887 - 1986

This drawing showcases flowing, curved lines and shapes against a gray background. At the top is a dark, oval shape held up by a curved platform underneath a dark arch. Some sections of the background appear to drip down in front of the arch, towards the oval shape. Surrounding the platform are white lines that curve inward and extend down, resembling cascading water or the tendrils of a sea anemone. The background is patchy and gray, with a lighter section around the dark arch. The drawing is surrounded by a rectangular black border.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of the artist, 1986; The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation, Abiguiu, New Mexico, 1991, gift to NGA, 1992

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1916

  • "Georgia O'Keeffe—C. Duncan—Réné Lafferty," 291, New York, May 23 - July 5, 1916.

1987

  • "Georgia O'Keeffe," National Gallery of Art, Washington, November 1, 1987 - February 23, 1988. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, March 5 - June 19, 1988; Dallas Museum of Art, July 31 - October 16, 1988; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, November 18, 1988- February 5, 1989; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, April 2 - June 18, 1989.

1995

  • "Recent Acquisitions of Works of Art on Paper," National Gallery of Art, Washington, July 2 - December 31, 1995.

1999

  • "Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things," The Phillips Collection, Washington, April 17 - July 18, 1999, as Special No. 2.

2000

  • "O'Keeffe on Paper," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., April 9 - July 9, 2000, no. 1.

2016

  • "American Modernism Installation: Rotation I," National Gallery of Art, Washington, September 30, 2016 - March 13, 2017.

Bibliography

1987

  • Cowart, Jack, Juan Hamilton, and Sarah Greenough. Georgia O'Keeffe: Art and Letters. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Art Institute of Chicago; Dallas Museum of Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1987-1989. Washington, 1987: no. 1.

1999

  • Lynes, Barbara Buhler. Georgia O'Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné. 2 vols. New Haven and London, 1999: no. 45.

  • Haskell, Barbara. The American Century: Art and Culture, 1900–1950. Exh. cat. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1999: 100-102, no. 184.

2000

  • Fine, Ruth et al. O'Keeffe on Paper. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, 2000: no. 1.

  • Greenough, Sarah ed. Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2001: fig. 86.

Inscriptions

upper right verso in graphite: "# 10"

Watermarks

INGRES PMF (ITALIA)

Wikidata ID

Q64571673

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