Shell and Old Shingle No. II, 1926
Shell and Old Shingle No. II, 1926
Oil on canvas, 30 x 18 inches
Mueum of Fine Arts (MFA Boston)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe (1987.536)
Artist: Georgia O'Keeffe
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541
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Backing: 1. OK {5star} (graphite) 2. "Shell & Old Shingle V II ["V" crossed out – crossing out and addition of II, DB, OKR, black ink] / 1926 / oil / 30 x 20 18 ["20" crossed out – crossing out and addtion of 18, DB, OKR, black ink] / canvas / OK has negative" (OKR, black ink) 3. "Shingle & Shell, No. 2 5 – 1926 {"2" crossed out} / by Georgia O'Keeffe / Value $1000" (AS, IG, black ink)Provenance
Estate of the artist, 1986Exhibition History
1927 New York (Intimate Gallery), among nos. 1-7, as The Sea-Shell & Old Shingle; 1927 Brooklyn, no. 3; 1960 Worcester, no. 7; 1966 Albuquerque; 1966 Fort Worth; 1970 New York (Whitney), no. 44CREDITS & RIGHTS
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