Two White Shells One Black Shell, 1937
Two White Shells One Black Shell, 1937
Oil on canvas, 36 x 24 inches
Private Collection
Private collection, Gig Harbor, Washington, 1996
Artist: Georgia O'Keeffe
Vertical compositions of two large white conical shells with large black conical shell between them.
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919
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Stretcher: "Two White Shells One Black Shell 1937" (graphite). Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. OK {5star} (graphite) 2. "New York – N.Y." (AIC label, black ink) 3. AAP2 4. "Three Shells" (AD, graphite) 5. AAP9Provenance
(The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY); Private collection, Naples, Florida, 1959; (Harold Diamond, New York, NY); (Doris Bry, New York, NY); Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1978; Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1981; (Andrew Crispo Gallery, Inc., New York, NY); Sovereign American Arts Corporation, New York, NY, 1983; S. R. Koman, Inc., Winchester, Virginia, 1983; Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1987Exhibition History
1937-38 New York (An American Place), no. 3, as Shell I; 1940 New York (An American Place – October), no. 13, as Shells; 1943 Chicago, no. 57; 1955 Atlantic City; 1980 Roslyn, no. 40; 1986 San Francisco, no. 5; 1988 Phoenix, no. 25; 1990 Santa Fe, no. 6; 1993 Greenville; 1993 London (Lefevre), no. 13CREDITS & RIGHTS
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