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Georgia O'Keeffe
Early Spring Trees Above Irrigation Ditch, Abiquiu, 1950
Georgia O'Keeffe
Early Spring Trees Above Irrigation Ditch, Abiquiu, 1950
Oil on canvas, 30 x 26 inches
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.228

A large cottonwood grows from the lower left corner of the scene. Its trunk diverges into three thick branches as it rises above the ground. Soft patches of paint along the branches define the foliage. Similar cottonwoods grow in the distance. An irrigation ditch runs diagonally across the lower right corner of the scene, as well.
DETAILS

Catalogue Raisonné Number

1219

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Stretcher: inaccessible
Verso: inaccessible
Backing:
1. "21. Early Spring Trees Above Irrigation Ditch, Abiquiu" (AAP5)
2. "1948" (Doris Bry, AAP5, black ink)

Provenance

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

Exhibition History

1950 New York (An American Place), no. 2
2014 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) AV: Cottonwoods
2016 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) O'Keeffe's New Mexico
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© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Gift


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Source System ID

1033