Black Rock on Red, 1971
Black Rock on Red, 1971
Oil on canvas, 30 1/16 x 26 1/8 inches
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
1997.5.4
Artist: Georgia O'Keeffe
Painting of black shiny rock seated on a stump against a red background. Tonal variations in the rock give it volume and a smooth texture that pick up the red surrounding it, and a strong light source hitting it in the center, and resulting in the shadow beneath on the stump.
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Catalogue Raisonné Number
1579
Inscriptions
InscriptionsStretcher: inaccessible
Verso: inaccessible
Backing:
1 "1st coat March 5 / 1960 / 2/5/60" (graphite)
2 "2 / 1 / 29 / 59" (unidentified hand, red graphite)
Provenance
Estate of the artist, 1986 ^The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation, Abiquiu, N.Mex., 1993 ^The Burnett Foundation, Fort Worth, Tex., 1996 (partial share)Exhibition History
1971 Bryn Mawr, no. 231997 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Inaugural
2001 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) O'Keeffe's O'Keeffes
2002 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Edward Weston)
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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