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Georgia O'Keeffe
Church Steeple, 1930
Georgia O'Keeffe
Church Steeple, 1930
Oil on canvas, 30 1/8 x 16 1/16 inches
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Gift of The Burnett Foundation
1997.6.17

Architectural painting of a white church steeple with black bell and white cross positioned on top of an adobe church.
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Catalogue Raisonné Number

706

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Stretcher: "#4" (unidentified hand, graphite) Verso: "Georgia O'Keeffe - / 1930 - " (white paint) Backing: "O'Keeffe Exhibition Jan. - 18 - March 7 / 1931 / Bell & Cross - Ranchos Church, New Mexico - 1930 /(oil) by Georgia O'Keeffe." (AS, AAP1)

Provenance

(An American Place, New York, N.Y.) Mrs. Zalmon Simmons, New York, N.Y., by 1933 Desended in family Christie's, New York, N.Y., sale no. 6288, lot no. 309, 5 December 1986 Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, N.Mex., 1986 Private collection, Sun Valley, Idaho, 1988 (Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, N.Mex.) The Burnett Foundation, Fort Worth, Tex., 1996

Exhibition History

1931 New York (An American Place), not on checklist
1988 Phoenix, no. 20
1998 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent
2003 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Stieglitz / Frames of Preference)
2005 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (GOK and Andy Warhol: Flowers)
2006 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Paul Strand)
2008 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) GOK and Ansel Adams; SF MOMA venue only
2010 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Rothenberg: Moving in Place)
2012 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Jaune Quick-to-See Smith)
2013 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Katsina; all venues
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