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GEORGIA O`KEEFFE (1887-1986)

Lot 5
21.04.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 931403
Lot 5 | GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (1887-1986)
Estimate value
$ 600 000 – 800 000
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (1887-1986)

Lavender & Green Hill—Ghost Ranch

signed with initials 'OK' in artist's star device and inscribed with title (on a piece of the original backing)

oil on board

8 x 13 1/2 in. (20.3 x 34.3 cm.)

Painted in 1935.





Provenance

Doris Bry, New York.

George and Ellen Conant, St. Louis, Missouri, acquired from the above, 1975.

Private collection, Dallas, Texas, gift from the above.

Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Private collection, St. Paul, Minnesota, acquired from the above, 1990.

Gerald Peters Gallery, New York.

Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1996.



Literature

B.B. Lynes, Georgia O'Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, New Haven, Connecticut, 1999, p. 539, no. 871, illustrated.

B. Benke, K. Williams, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986: Flowers in the Desert, Cologne, Germany, 2000, p. 61, illustrated (as Hills—Lavender, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico II).



Exhibited

New York, An American Place, Georgia O’Keeffe: Exhibition of Recent Paintings, January 7-February 23, 1936, no. 6 (as Hills—Lavender, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, II).

Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago; Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Art; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Georgia O’Keeffe: 1887-1986, November 1, 1987-June 18, 1989, n.p., no. 87, illustrated (as Hills—Lavender, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico II).

Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville County Museum of Art, Georgia O’Keeffe, July 7-August 22, 1993.

London, The Lefevre Gallery, Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986), April 8-May 7, 1993, pp. 7, 28-29, no. 11, illustrated (as Lavender Hills, Ghost Ranch).

New York and Santa Fe, New Mexico, Gerald Peters Gallery, Georgia O’Keeffe: Floral Works and Small Paintings, May 4-August 5, 1995.

Brooklyn, New York, The Brooklyn Museum, Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern, March 3-July 23, 2017.
Artist:Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 - 1986)
Art style:Modern art
Auction house category:Paintings
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