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O'Keeffe on Paper

April 9 – July 9, 2000
East Building, Upper Level, Northwest

Georgia O'Keeffe, The Shell, 1934, charcoal on laid paper, From the Collection of Dorothy Braude Edinburg, 1978.38.1

This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.

Overview: 52 works on paper in watercolor, pastel, and charcoal, made by the artist from 1910 through the 1950s, were selected from the collections of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the National Gallery of Art; and other public and private collections. The exhibition commemorated the publication of the Georgia O'Keeffe catalogue raisonné by the National Gallery of Art in collaboration with The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation.

Organization: The National Gallery of Art and the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum organized the exhibition. Barbara Buhler Lynes of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and Ruth Fine, curator of modern prints and drawings at the National Gallery of Art, were the curators.

Sponsor: The exhibition was made possible by The Henry Luce Foundation, The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation, and the National Advisory Council of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.

Attendance: 107,053

Catalog: O'Keeffe on Paper, by Ruth E. Fine and Barbara Buhler Lynes with Elizabeth Glassman and Judith C. Walsh. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2000.

Other Venues: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, May 25–November 9, 2000

O'Keeffe, Georgia
American, 1887 - 1986