Calla Lily with Red Background, 1923
Calla Lily with Red Background, 1923
Oil on board, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches
Private Collection
Private collection, New York, NY, 1995
Artist: Georgia O'Keeffe
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429
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Verso: 1. "Georgia O'Keeffe – / 1923 –." (black ink) 2. "[drawing of frame profile] 7/8 usual #6 grey old / no glass / St 6 3/8 x 8 1/2" (GO, graphite) 3. "#5" (unidentified hand, graphite). Backing: 1. "Calla Lily with Red Background / (Oil) – 1923. / by Georgia O'Keeffe / New York / signed on back / of board." (AS, black ink) 2. "$500" (AS, graphite)Provenance
(The Intimate Gallery, New York, NY); Mitchell Kennerley, New York, NY, 1928; (An American Place, New York, NY); The artist, return, 1931; (The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY); Private collection, Great Neck, New York, 1955; Sotheby's, New York, NY, sale no. 6782, lot no. 74, 29 November 1995; Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1995Exhibition History
1924 New York (Anderson), among nos. 8-14, as Calla Lillies; 1928 New York (Intimate Gallery – Six)CREDITS & RIGHTS
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