Calla Lily for Alfred, 1927
Calla Lily for Alfred, 1927
Oil on canvas board, 12 x 6 inches
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw
1997.1.1
Artist: Georgia O'Keeffe
Small vertical painting with lower 2/3 dominated by aerial view of a white calla lily flower, upper portion black and variations of grey.
DETAILS
Catalogue Raisonné Number
587
Inscriptions
Inscriptions: Verso: "#11" (unidentified hand, graphite)Backing:
1. "Calla Lily for alfred / 27" (graphite)
2. OK * (graphite)
3. "Georgia O'Keeffe -- / Spring -- 1927" (IG, black ink)
4. "Calla Lily / White Petunia ( Note: White Petunia has a line strikethrough the middle.) /with Black / exhibition 1928" (AS, IG, black ink)
Provenance
Estate of the artist, 1986 Eugene and Clare Thaw, Santa Fe, N.Mex., 1988 Georgia O'Keeffe 1986 Abiquiu/New MexicoExhibition History
1928 New York (Intimate Gallery--O'Keeffe), no. 9, as Lily--White with Black1933 New York (An American Place), no. 17, as Calla Lily with Black
1958 New York (Downtown--Christmas)
1987 Washington, no. 68
1997 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Inaugural
1998 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent
2001 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) O'Keeffe's O'Keeffes
2002 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Edward Weston)
2002 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) GOK: Calla Lily in American Art
2005 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) GOK and Andy Warhol: Flowers
2006 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Celebration of New Work)
2007 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Living Artists: Sherrie Levine)
2008 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Hartley)
2009 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Modernists in NM)
2009 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Beyond Our Shores/Jimson Weed Returns)
2010 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Rothenberg: Moving in Place)
2011 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Shared Intelligence)
2011 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Robert Henri)
2013 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Modern Nature
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© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Gift
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