id: 172784
accession number: 1930.2162
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White Flower, 1929. Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887–1986). Oil on canvas; framed: 80 x 95.3 x 4.5 cm (31 1/2 x 37 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.); unframed: 76.2 x 91.5 cm (30 x 36 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1930.2162 © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
title: White Flower
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creation date: 1929
creation date earliest: 1929
creation date latest: 1929
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creditline: Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
copyright: © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: American Painting and Sculpture
collection: American - Painting
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887–1986) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 80 x 95.3 x 4.5 cm (31 1/2 x 37 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.); Unframed: 76.2 x 91.5 cm (30 x 36 in.)
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inscription: Stretcher: "White Flower -- 1929 / by Georgia O'Keeffe" (AS, graphite)
Backing: "White Flower -- 1929 (oil) by Georgia O'Keeffe Price $8,000 To be returned to Geo. F. Of 126 W 57th NY NY ['To be returned...NY' twice]" (AS, AAP2, black ink)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Tenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Painting
opening date: 1930-06-06T00:00:00
Tenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 6-July 7, 1930).
title: Autumn Flower Show
opening date: 1935-11-01T04:00:00
Autumn Flower Show. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-December 1, 1935).
title: Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today
opening date: 1937-06-23T04:00:00
Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-October 4, 1937).
title: The Modern Spirit: American Painting 1908-35
opening date: 1977-08-19T04:00:00
The Modern Spirit: American Painting 1908-35. Gallery of the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (August 19-September 11, 1977); Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (September 28-November 20, 1977).
title: Art of the Twenties: American Painting at the Crossroads
opening date: 1978-11-16T05:00:00
Art of the Twenties: American Painting at the Crossroads. Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI (organizer) (November 16, 1978-January 21, 1979).
title: Circa 1930
opening date: 1983-04-12T05:00:00
Circa 1930. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 12-October 31, 1983).
title: The Georgia O'Keeffe Gift
opening date: 1987-09-04T04:00:00
The Georgia O'Keeffe Gift. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 4-November 15, 1987).
title: The Precisionist Aesthetic in American Art
opening date: 1989-01-24T05:00:00
The Precisionist Aesthetic in American Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-April 9, 1989).
title: Georgia O'Keeffe: Naturalezas Intimas
opening date: 2002-02-08T00:00:00
Georgia O'Keeffe: Naturalezas Intimas. Fundacion Juan March (organizer) (February 8-June 2, 2002).
title: Georgia O'Keeffe and the Southwestern Still Life
opening date: 2014-10-30T00:00:00
Georgia O'Keeffe and the Southwestern Still Life. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN (October 30, 2014-February 15, 2015).
title: Georgia O'Keeffe, Photographer
opening date: 2021-10-17T04:00:00
Georgia O'Keeffe, Photographer. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (organizer) (October 17, 2021-January 17, 2022) https://www.mfah.org/exhibitions/georgia-okeeffe-photographer; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA (February 27-June 5, 2022); Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (July 3-November 6, 2022); The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (February 1-May 1, 2023).
title: Georgia O'Keeffe: "My New Yorks"
opening date: 2024-06-02T04:00:00
Georgia O'Keeffe: "My New Yorks". The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (June 2-September 22, 2024) https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9539/georgia-o-keeffe-my-new-yorks; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (October 25, 2024-February 16, 2025).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': "Georgia O'Keeffe: 27 New Paintings, New Mexico, New York, Lake George, Etc.. New York, An American Place (February 7–March 17, 1930), exh. checklist no. 9 as White Flower, N.M..", 'opening_date': '1930-02-07T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "The Art of Today: An Exhibition of Contemporary Pictures and Sculptures Arranged and Sponsored by the Women's Advisory Committee of the Albright Art Gallery. Buffalo, Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery (December 21, 1935–February 6, 1936).", 'opening_date': '1935-12-21T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "Georgia O'Keeffe, 12th Annual Festival of the Arts. Kohler Gallery, Dahland Fine Arts Center, Milton College, Milton WI (April 20–May 10, 1965)", 'opening_date': '1965-04-20T05:00:00Z'}
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PROVENANCE
(Alfred Stieglitz, An American Place, New York, NY)
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CITATIONS
Georgia O'Keeffe. Naturalezas íntimas: Fundación Juan March, Madrid, 8 febrero - 2 junio 2002. Madrid: Arte y Ciencia Editorial, 2001.
page number: cat. no. 18, illus.
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Frelik, Edyta, "She Did Know a Few Things:Georgia O'Keeffe as an Intellectual," Polish Association for American Studies (July 2022).
page number: Mentioned pp. 49-50.
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Davis, John and Michael Leja, eds. Art of the United States, 1750-2000: Primary Sources (Chicago: Terra Foundation for American Art, 2020).
page number: Mentioned p. 309.
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of an Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today at the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: [Printed by the Artcraft Printing Co.], 1937.
page number: no. 152
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Flint Institute of Arts. Art of the Twenties : American Painting at the Crossroads : Flint Institute of Arts, November 16, 1978-January 21, 1979. [Flint, Mich.]: The Institute, 1978.
page number: Mentioned: p. 55-56, no 41; Reproduced: p. 43.
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Adams, Henry. What's American about American art?: a gallery tour in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 6, p. 11
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O'Keeffe, Georgia, Alfred Stieglitz, and Sarah Greenough. My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz. New Haven [Conn.]: Yale University Press, 2011.
page number: Mentioned: p. 539, 542
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O'Hern, John. "Metropolitan Muse." American Fine Art Magazine 76 (July/August 2024): 42-47.
page number: Reproduced: p. 44
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