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Georgia O'Keeffe
Dark Iris No. 2, 1927
Georgia O'Keeffe
Dark Iris No. 2, 1927
Oil on canvas, 32 x 21 inches
Private Collection
Private collection, 1989

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Catalogue Raisonné Number

603

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. OK {5star} (black crayon) 2. "Iris No. 2 / by Georgia O'Keeffe / 1927" (AS, black crayon) 3. "Iris No – 2. / 1927 / by – Georgia O'Keeffe" (AD, AAP3, black ink)

Provenance

(The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY); Private collection, San Antonio, Texas, 1961; Sotheby's, New York, NY, sale no. 5860, lot no. 213, 24 May 1989; (Citibank Art Advistory Service, New York, NY)

Exhibition History

1928 New York (Intimate Gallery – O'Keeffe), no. 21 as Dark Iris No. 2; 1940 New York (An American Place – October), no. 10, as Black Iris No. 2; 1957 Ogunquit; 1958 Houston (Detering), no. 14; 1958 Claremont, no. 47; 1961 Wilmington; 1962 New York (MOMA – Stieglitz); 1975 San Antonio; 1992 Washington
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Source System ID

8670