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Georgia O'Keeffe
On the River I, ca. 1965
Georgia O'Keeffe
On the River I, ca. 1965
Oil on canvas, 30 1/8 x 40 1/16 inches
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.392

The viewer appears to be looking at the canyon from an unusual angle, perhaps from below. The image could also be the reflection of the cliffs on the surface of the river. Cliffs rise from all sides, and a triangular patch of light sky fills the center of the image.
DETAILS

Catalogue Raisonné Number

1503

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Stretcher: inaccessible
Verso: inaccessible
Backing:
1. "AIV" (black in)
2. "Aug 59" (graphite)
3. "V" (black ink)
4. "Canyon Country 3" (Juan Hamilton, black ink)

Provenance

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

Exhibition History

2010 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) O'Keeffiana
2011 Europe (Rome, Munich, Helsinki) GOK: Retrospective
CREDITS & RIGHTS

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Gift


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Source System ID

1056