Part of the Cliff, 1946
Part of the Cliff, 1946
Oil on canvas, 36 1/8 x 20 1/16 inches
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.202
Artist: Georgia O'Keeffe
Sheer cliffs fill the vast majority of this work. The color of the cliffs lightens slightly at the upper-most layer of rock. Blue sky peeks through a small crevice near the top of the formation.
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Catalogue Raisonné Number
1150
Inscriptions
Inscriptions: "Not in Center" graphite script by O'Keeffe on verso of wood stretcher.Verso: no inscriptions on canvas
Backing: "Part of the Cliff--1946" (graphite)
Provenance
Estate of te artist, 1986 Georgia O'Keeffe 1986 New MexicoExhibition History
1950 New York (An American Place), no. 3 on checklist, not exhibited1953 Dallas, no. 24
2009 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Modernists in NM)
2009 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Beyond Our Shores/Jimson Weed Returns)
2010 Fort Worth (Cowgirl) GOK and the Faraway
2010 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) O'Keeffiana
2012 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Jaune Quick-to-See Smith)
2012 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Faraway
2014 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Ghost Ranch Views
2015 Musee de Grenoble, Georgia O'Keeffe, Nov. 7, 2015 - Feb. 7, 2016
2016 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) O'Keeffe's New Mexico
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© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Gift
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