White Pansy
1927
Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887–1986)
American Painting and Sculpture
White Pansy, 1927. Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887–1986). Oil on canvas; framed: 94.5 x 79.2 x 5.1 cm (37 3/16 x 31 3/16 x 2 in.); unframed: 91.7 x 76.3 cm (36 1/8 x 30 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe 1987.139 © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Upon her death at age 99, O’Keeffe bequeathed White Pansy to the museum, an early supporter of her work. She clearly held the painting in high regard, having enjoyed displaying it on the living room wall of her home in Abiquiu, New Mexico. O'Keeffe displayed this painting above her living room couch before bequeathing it to the museum.
- Maker/Artist
- O'Keeffe, Georgia
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 94.5 x 79.2 x 5.1 cm (37 3/16 x 31 3/16 x 2 in.); Unframed: 91.7 x 76.3 cm (36 1/8 x 30 1/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Stretcher: "G [in circle] O'Keeffe" (GO, graphite) Backing: 1. OK * (graphite) [twice] 2. "White Pansy / 1927 / by Georgia O'Keeffe" [in oval] (AS, black crayon) 3. "Georgia O'Keeffe / 1927" (AS, graphite)
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1987.139
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe
- Exhibitions
- The Georgia O'Keeffe Gift, O'Keeffe's O'Keeffes: The Artist's Collection, <em>Paintings by Nineteen Living Americans. </em>Museum of Modern Art, New York (December 13, 1929-January 12, 1930)., <em>Georgia O’Keeffe: Paintings. </em>Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe (December 19, 1986-April 12, 1987)., <em>O'Keeffe Exhibition. </em>Intimate Gallery, New York (January 9-February 27, 1928) [unconfirmed]., <em>An American Place, Georgia O'Keeffe: An Exhibition of Paintings. </em>New York (January 27-March 1, 1935) [unconfirmed]., <em>Modern Realism. </em>Staten Island Museum, Staten Island (November 27, 1955-January 10, 1956) [unconfirmed].
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted undefined
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