Tan Clam Shell with Seaweed, 1926
Tan Clam Shell with Seaweed, 1926
Oil on canvas, 9 x 7 inches
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.108
Artist: Georgia O'Keeffe
Much of this small painting is occupied by a large tan clam shell. The shell seems to be partially open, and it offers a glimpse inside along its upper edge. The shell's hinge lies near the right side of the work. Branches of seaweed swirl behind the shell along the upper edge of the painting.
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Catalogue Raisonné Number
535
Inscriptions
Inscriptions: Stretcher:1. "1926" (Alfred Stieglitz, graphite)
2. "by Georgia O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, graphite)
3. "$800 (striked out with line thru middle of $800) /$1400" (Alfred Stieglitz, graphite)
4. "#1/ B / 11 [11 in circle]" (unidentified hand, graphite)
Backing:
1. "Tan Clam shell with Sea Weed -- 27" (graphite)
2. OK * (graphite)
3. "New York -- N.Y." (AIC label, black ink)
4. AAP2
5. AAP9
Provenance
Estate of the artist, 1986 Georgia O'Keeffe 1986 Abiquiu/New MexicoExhibition History
1927 New York (Intimate Gallery), among nos. 1-6, as The Sea--Shell1933 New York (An American Place), no. 16 as Shell with Seaweed
1943 Chicago, no 23
1987 Washington, no. 64
2001 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) O'Keeffe's O'Keeffe's
2007 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Living Artists: Sherrie Levine)
2010 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Rothenberg: Moving in Place)
2011 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Robert Henri)
CREDITS & RIGHTS
© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Gift
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