Past Exhibition

Georgia O'Keeffe 1887-1986

The curling, flaring petal of a jack-in-the-pulpit blossom wrapping around a vertical, elongated core nearly fills this vertical painting. The flower rises from a narrow base and is veined with white against dark, maroon red. It unfurls to reveal the deep maroon stamen within. Spring-green leaves span the lower edge of the composition, beneath the flower, and billow around the blossom, across the top of the painting. A soft blue and white background recalls clouds in a bright sky.
Georgia O'Keeffe, Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. 3, 1930, oil on canvas, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe, 1987.58.2

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    East Building, Upper Level and Mezzanine, Northeast, Pod I (10,000 sq. ft.)
The curling, flaring petal of a jack-in-the-pulpit blossom wrapping around a vertical, elongated core nearly fills this vertical painting. The flower rises from a narrow base and is veined with white against dark, maroon red. It unfurls to reveal the deep maroon stamen within. Spring-green leaves span the lower edge of the composition, beneath the flower, and billow around the blossom, across the top of the painting. A soft blue and white background recalls clouds in a bright sky.
Georgia O'Keeffe, Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. 3, 1930, oil on canvas, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe, 1987.58.2

Overview: 75 paintings and 45 watercolors, pastels, and drawings comprised this centennial exhibition of O'Keeffe's work.

Organization: The exhibition was organized by Juan Hamilton with Jack Cowart and Laura Coyle. Gaillard Ravenel and Mark Leithauser designed the exhibition, and Gordon Anson designed the lighting for the National Gallery.

Sponsor: The exhibition was supported by a grant from Southwestern Bell Foundation.

Attendance: 438,182

Catalog: Georgia O'Keeffe, Art and Letters, by Jack Cowart and Juan Hamilton; letters selected and annotated by Sarah Greenough. Boston: Little, Brown and Company in association with the National Gallery of Art, 1987.

Brochure: Georgia O'Keeffe 1887-1956. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1987.

Other Venues:

  • Art Institute of Chicago, 03/12/1988–06/25/1988
  • Dallas Museum of Art, 07/31/1988–10/16/1988
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 11/09/1988–01/29/1989

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