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Georgia O'Keeffe
Nude No. III, 1917
Georgia O'Keeffe
Nude No. III, 1917
Watercolor on paper, 12 x 8 7/8 inches
National Gallery of Art, Washington
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Joan and Lucio Noto and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation (1996.46.1)
1996.46.1

Vertical watercolor of seated female nude on cream background. Seated with legs hanging down one opens to the right. Left and right arm at side of body and chest. Face, arm and right leg and torso fall into shadow. Legs are lighter, as source of light. ^ ^Nude No. III. Possibly Self-Portraits etc. as noted in #176.
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Catalogue Raisonné Number

187

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Verso of mount: "33 [in circle] Nude No. III" (DB, graphite)

Provenance

The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation 1993 Abiquiu/New Mexico, Estate of the Artist, 1986 Georgia O'Keeffe 1986 Abiquiu/New Mexico

Exhibition History

1923 New York (Anderson); 1958 New York (Downtown-Watercolor); among nos. 31-36; 1961 New York (Downtown-Spring-Annual); 1966 Fort Worth; 1993 London (Hayward), no. 15
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3872