id: 153604
accession number: 1987.137
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.137
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It Was Yellow and Pink II, 1959. Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887–1986). Oil on canvas; unframed: 91.5 x 76.2 cm (36 x 30 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe, 1987.137. © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
title: It Was Yellow and Pink II
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creation date: 1959
creation date earliest: 1959
creation date latest: 1959
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creditline: Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe
copyright: © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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culture: America
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: Unframed: 91.5 x 76.2 cm (36 x 30 in.)
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inscription: Stretcher: "Fall 58" (cardboard stretcher brace, graphite)
Backing: "It Was Yellow and Pink II / 1960 [crossed out] 1959 (crossing out and '1959 by DB, OKR, black ink) / Oil / 36 x 30 / canvas" (OKR, black ink)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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: O'Keeffe and Texas
opening date: 1998-01-27T00:00:00
O'Keeffe and Texas. Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX (January 27-April 5, 1998).
title: Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things
opening date: 1999-04-24T00:00:00
Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things. The Phillips Collection (organizer) (April 24-July 18, 1999); Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (August 14-October 10, 1999); The Dallas Museum of Art (October 30, 1999-January 30, 2000); Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor (February 19-May 14, 2000).
title: Georgia O'Keeffe
opening date: 2003-10-23T00:00:00
Georgia O'Keeffe. Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland (organizer) (October 23, 2003-February 1, 2004).
title: Georgia O'Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape
opening date: 2004-07-10T00:00:00
Georgia O'Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (July 10-October 3, 2004); Fresno Metropolitan Museum, CA (October 20, 2004-January 3, 2005).
title: Georgia O'Keeffe exhibition
opening date: 2015-11-07T00:00:00
Georgia O'Keeffe exhibition. Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France (organizer) (November 7, 2015-February 7, 2016).
title: Georgia O'Keeffe: The Painter's Lens
opening date: 2021-04-20T04:00:00
Georgia O'Keeffe: The Painter's Lens. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain (organizer) (April 20-August 8, 2021); Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris cedex O4, France (September 8-December 6, 2021); Fondation Beyeler, CH-4125 Riehen/Basel, Switzerland (January 23-May 22, 2022).
title: Georgia O'Keeffe: To See Takes Time
opening date: 2023-04-09T04:00:00
Georgia O'Keeffe: To See Takes Time. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (organizer) (April 9-August 12, 2023).
title: Art Bridges Loan Partnership
opening date: 2024-08-16T04:00:00
Art Bridges Loan Partnership. Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT (August 16, 2024-September 21, 2025); San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX (October 4, 2025-October 4, 2026).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': "Georgia O'Keeffe. The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY (organizer) (April 11-May 6, 1961).", 'opening_date': '1961-04-11T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'One Hundred and Fifty-Seventh Annual Exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture. The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (January 12-February 25, 1962).', 'opening_date': '1962-01-12T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "Georgia O'Keeffe: American Modern. The Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom (organizer) (April 8-June 27, 1993); Palacio de Belles Artes, Mexico City, Mexico (August 1-October 24,1993); Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan (November 28-February 20, 1994).", 'opening_date': '1993-04-08T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "Georgia O'Keeffe: Visions of the Sublime. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (July 10-October 3, 2004); Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, CA (October 20, 2004-January 3, 2005); Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN (January 17-April 3, 2005); Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN (April 15-June 12, 2005); Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID ( June 30-September 12, 2005).", 'opening_date': '2004-07-10T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Estate of the artist, 1986
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1987–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Musée de Grenoble, Sophie Bernard, and Georgia O'Keeffe. Georgia O'Keeffe et ses amis photographes: [... publié à l'occasion de l'exposition "Georgia O'Keeffe et ses amis photographes", Musée de Grenoble, 7 novembre 2015 - 7 février 2016]. Paris: Somogy éd. d'art, 2015. catalogue number 67.
page number: 161
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Ruiz del Arbol, Marta. Georgia O'Keeffe, exh. cat. Madrid: Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2021.
page number: Mentioned p. 301; Reproduced pp. 227, 313.
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The Downtown Gallery. Georgia O'Keeffe: Paintings and Drawings, April 11-May 6, 1961. New York, 1961.
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Catalogue of the One Hundred and Fifty-Seventh Annual Exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture : January 12 through February 25, 1962. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania of the Fine Arts. 1962.
page number: Mentioned: p. 27
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"Art Museum Gets O'Keeffe Paintings." The Cleveland Plain Dealer (22 April 1986).
page number: Mentioned: p. 5C
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Culllinan, Helen. "Georgia On Our Minds: O'Keeffe Legacy: 5 Glowing New Oils at Museum." The Cleveland Plain Dealer (5 September 1987).
page number: Mentioned
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Chong, Alan, comp. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993.
page number: Reproduced: p. 171
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Eldredge, Charles C. Georgia O'Keeffe: American and Modern. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 86
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Udall, Sharyn Rohlfsen. O'Keeffe and Texas. San Antonio: Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, 1998.
page number: Mentioned: p. 94, 116; Reproduced: p. 96
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Turner, Elizabeth Hutton, and Marjorie P. Balge-Crozier. Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things. Washington, D.C.: The Phillips Collection, 1999.
page number: Reproduced: p. 132
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Lynes, Barbara Buhler. Georgia O'Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999.
page number: Reproduced: p. 847
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Curiger, Bice, Carter Ratcliff, and Peter Johannes Schneemann. Georgia O'Keeffe. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2003.
page number: Reproduced: p. 91
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Czestochowski, Joseph S., ed. Georgia O'Keeffe Visions of the Sublime. Memphis: Torch Press and International Arts, 2004.
page number: Reproduced: p. 157
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Tosatto, Guy, Sophie Bernard, Camille Ducastel, and Barbara Buhler Lynes. Georgia O'Keeffe et ses amis photographes. 2015.
page number: Mentioned: p. 149; Reproduced: p. 161
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Ottinger, Didier. Georgia O'Keeffe. Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2021.
page number: Reproduced: P. 208
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O'Keeffe, Georgia, Theodora Vischer, Sam Keller, Cody Hartley, Didier Ottinger, Marta Ruiz del Árbol, Ariel Plotek, and Anna Hiddleston-Galloni. Georgia O'Keeffe. 2022.
page number: Reproduced: p. 155
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O'Keeffe, Georgia, Samantha Friedman, Emily Olek, Glenn D. Lowry, and Laura Neufeld. Georgia O'Keeffe: To See Takes Time. New York : The Museum of Modern Art, 2023.
page number: Reproduced: p. 162, pl. 125
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