First Drawing of the Blue Lines

1916

Georgia O'Keeffe

Associated Names
Georgia O'Keeffe
Artist, American, 1887 - 1986
The artwork features a series of abstract lines, primarily vertical and one diagonal, creating a minimalistic composition. Two long, slender lines rise from a shaded horizontal base. The diagonal line intersects them, forming a triangular shape. There is shading at the bottom. The overall appearance includes architectural or sculptural forms.
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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

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. (Exhibited only at AIC, Dallas, the Met.)

1992

  • "Two Lives: Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, A Conversation in Paintings and Photographs," The Phillips Collection, Washington, December 12, 1992 - April 4, 1993. Traveled to: IBM Gallery of Science and Arts, New York, April 27 - June 26, 1993; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, July 17 - September 12, 1993; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 2 - December 5, 1993.

2001

  • "O'Keeffe's O'Keeffes: The Artist's Collection", Milwaukee Art Museum, 2001, no. 4.

2004

  • "Alfred Stieglitz and His Circle: 1905-1930", Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 2004-2005, no. 148.

2009

  • "Georgia O'Keeffe and Abstraction," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 17, 2009 - January 17, 2010. Traveled to: the Phillips, Collection, Washington, D.C., February 6 - May 9, 2010; Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM, May 28 - September 12, 2010, no. 6. (Exhibited only at the Whitney.)

2023

  • Georgia O'Keeffe: To See Takes Time, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, April 9-August 12, 2023, no. 7, repro.

Bibliography

1999

  • Lynes, Barbara Buhler. Georgia O'Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné. 2 vols. New Haven and London: 1999, no. 62.

2009

  • Haskell, Barbara, ed. Georgia O'Keeffe and Abstraction. Exh. cat. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC; Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, 2009-2010, New Haven, 2009, no. 6.

2023

  • Friedman, Samantha. Georgia O'Keeffe: To See Takes Time. Exh. cat. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, 2023: 54, no. 7.

Inscriptions

on verso in graphite: Georgia O'Keeffe First drawing of the Blue Lines, 1916

Wikidata ID

Q64571680

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