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Georgia O'Keeffe
Church Bell, Ward, Colorado, 1917
Georgia O'Keeffe
Church Bell, Ward, Colorado, 1917
Oil on board, 17 3/8 in x 13 7/8 inches
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.72

The central focus of this painting is the church bell situated in a small belltower at the top of a sharply-pointed church roof. The church building itself has been cropped from the image. In the middleground, several small houses and buildings dot the landscape. The background consists of heavily-wooded mountains that recede into the distance, fading into softer colors as they do so.
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Catalogue Raisonné Number

213

Inscriptions

Verso: "St#3 [followed by sketch for frame and words pertaining to this that are illegible] 13 5/8 x 17..." (George Of, graphite)

Provenance

Estate of the artist, 1986 Georgia O'Keeffe 1986 Abiquiu/New Mexico

Exhibition History

1943 Chicago, no. 3
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990