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GEORGIA O`KEEFFE (1887-1986)

Lot 6
16.05.2024 19:00UTC -05:00
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ID 1209444
Lot 6 | GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (1887-1986)
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GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (1887-1986)
O'Keeffe, G.
Red Poppy
signed and dated 'G. O’Keeffe 1928' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
36 ¼ x 30 in. (92.1 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1928.




Provenance

The Downtown Gallery, New York.
John H. Hauberg, Seattle, Washington, acquired from the above, 1949.
Reed College, Portland, Oregon, gift from the above, 1964.
Christie’s, New York, 23 May 1990, lot 233, sold by the above.
Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the present owners from the above, 2004.



Literature

N. Callaway, ed., Georgia O’Keeffe: One Hundred Flowers, New York, 1987, pl. 68, illustrated (as Red Poppy No. VI).
R. Silman, Beginning the World Again: A Novel of Los Alamos, New York, 1990, cover illustration (as Red Poppy No. VI).
B.B. Lynes, Georgia O’Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, New Haven, Connecticut, 1999, p. 376, no. 637, illustrated.
B.B. Lynes, Georgia O’Keeffe in Williamsburg, exhibition catalogue, Williamsburg, Virginia, 2001, pp. 43, 45n15, 53, fig. 16, illustrated.
H. Drohojowska-Philp, Full Bloom: The Art and Life of Georgia O’Keeffe, New York, 2004, p. 291.
J.S. Czestochowski, et al., Georgia O’Keeffe: Visions of the Sublime, exhibition catalogue, Memphis, 2004, pp. 78-79, 125, pl. 30, illustrated (as Red Poppy No. VI).
D. Abrams, Georgia O’Keeffe, New York, 2009, p. 74, illustrated (as Red Poppy No. VI).
M. Fallon, How to Analyze the Works of Georgia O’Keeffe, Edina, Minnesota, 2010, p. 55, illustrated (as Red Poppy No. VI).
S. Greenough, ed., My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, New Haven, 2011, p. 683n581.
S. Hodge, Art in Minutes: 200 Key Concepts Explained in an Instant, London, 2015, p. 329, illustrated (as Red Poppy No. VI).
A. Wood, Georgia O’Keeffe, New York, 2016, p. 25, illustrated (as Red Poppy No. VI).



Exhibited

New York, The Intimate Gallery, Georgia O'Keeffe: Paintings, 1928, February 4-March 17, 1929.
(Possibly) New York, Museum of Modern Art, Fruit and Flower Paintings, March 13-April 7, 1933.
La Jolla, California, Art Center in La Jolla, American Paintings from Pacific Coast Museums, April 13-May 7, 1961, no. 34, illustrated (as Red Flower).
Portland, Oregon, Reed College, The Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Selections from the Reed College Collection, October 28-December 15, 1989, pp. 10, 40, no. 28, fig. 3, illustrated (as Red Poppy No. VI).
Santa Fe, New Mexico; New York; Dallas, Texas; Gerald Peters Gallery, Georgia O'Keeffe, November 10, 1990-January 12, 1991, no. 3, illustrated (as Red Poppy No. VI).
Cody, Wyoming, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, on extended loan.
Shelburne, Vermont, Shelburne Museum, Simple Beauty: Paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe, June 24-October 31, 2006.
Beijing, National Art Museum of China; Shanghai, Museum of Contemporary Art, Art in America: 300 Years of Innovation, February 10-June 30, 2007, pp. 206, 218, illustrated (as Red Poppy No. VI).
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