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Georgia O'Keeffe
Untitled (Abstraction), 1943
Georgia O'Keeffe
Untitled (Abstraction), 1943
Charcoal and white chalk on paper, 24 x 17 7/8 inches
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.177

This work appears to be an abstraction using a piece of bone. The bone is pierced by several holes. Two large holes fill the center of the work. The upper opening is divided into two sections. The top section has been filled with white chalk, while the bottom section has been shaded with dark charcoal. The lower large hole has been completely shaded with dark charcoal.
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Catalogue Raisonné Number

1051

Provenance

Maria Chabot, Alcalde, New Mexico, Gift, 1944 (Doris Bry, Newy York, N.Y.) The artist, purchase, 1974 Estate of the artist, 1986

Exhibition History

2007 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) GOK: Circling Around Abstraction; all venues
2010 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) O'Keeffiana
2015 New Mexico Museum of Art, Sept 11, 2015 - Jan. 17, 2016, Georgia O'Keeffe in Process
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1024