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Georgia O'Keeffe
Nude Series XII, 1917
Georgia O'Keeffe
Nude Series XII, 1917
Watercolor on paper, 12 x 17 7/8 inches
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
1997.4.12

Horizontal watercolor of a pinkish-orange female nude figure. She is seated on the floor, twisting slightly forward with knees out to the left. The figure is propped on one arm while the other floats upward. No preliminary drawing, and no background color. ^ ^Nude Series XII. Possibly Self-Portraits etc. as noted in #176.
DETAILS

Catalogue Raisonné Number

188

Inscriptions

Verso: "III" (unidentified hand, graphite)

Provenance

The Burnett Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas, 1996 (partial share) The Burnett Foundation (Fort Worth) 1996 Fort Worth/Texas, The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation, Abiquiu, New Mexico, 1993 The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation 1993 Abiquiu/New Mexico, Estate of the artist, 1986 The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation, Abiquiu, N.Mex., 1993 The Burnett Foundation, Fort Worth, Tex., 1996 (partial share) Georgia O'Keeffe 1986 Abiquiu/New Mexico

Exhibition History

1966 Albuquerque
1966 Fort Worth
1987 Washington, no. 25
1997 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Inaugural
2003 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Debating American Modernism)
2006 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Paul Strand)
2009 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Modernists in NM) * 4/28/09 hung to replace CR 182
2009 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Beyond Our Shores/Jimson Weed Returns)
2016 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Georgia O'Keeffe's Farwide Texas
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