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Georgia O'Keeffe
Alligator Pears, 1923
Georgia O'Keeffe
Alligator Pears, 1923
Oil on board, 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.97

Two green pears rest on top of green fabric. The tops of the pears point toward the lower left corner, and the upper pear lies slightly behind the lower pear. Behind the fabric, much of the background is white; however, the background visible in the two upper corners is black.
DETAILS

Catalogue Raisonné Number

417

Provenance

Estate of the artist, 1986 Georgia O'Keeffe 1986 Abiquiu/New Mexico

Exhibition History

1924 New York (Anderson), among nos. 1-7, as Alligator Pears`
2002 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) GOKM 5th Anniversary
2003 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Stieglitz / Frames of Preference)
2007 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Living Artists: Sherrie Levine)
2009 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Modernists in NM)
2009 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Beyond Our Shores/Jimson Weed Returns)
2010 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Rothenberg: Moving in Place)
2011 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Robert Henri)
2012 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Jaune Quick-to-See Smith)
2012 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Faraway)
2016 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Abstract Nature
2013 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Modern Nature
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1000