id: 153606
accession number: 1987.139
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.139
updated: 2023-03-14 12:01:32.150000
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
title: White Pansy
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creation date: 1927
creation date earliest: 1927
creation date latest: 1927
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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, 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: 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.)
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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)
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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's O'Keeffes: The Artist's Collection
opening date: 2001-05-04T00:00:00
O'Keeffe's O'Keeffes: The Artist's Collection. Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI (organizer) (May 4-August 19, 2001); Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM (September 14, 2001-January 13, 2002); Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humbelbaek, Denmark (February 8-May 20, 2002).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Paintings by Nineteen Living Americans. Museum of Modern Art, New York (December 13, 1929-January 12, 1930).
* Georgia O’Keeffe: Paintings. Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe (December 19, 1986-April 12, 1987).
* O'Keeffe Exhibition. Intimate Gallery, New York (January 9-February 27, 1928) [unconfirmed].
* An American Place, Georgia O'Keeffe: An Exhibition of Paintings. New York (January 27-March 1, 1935) [unconfirmed].
* Modern Realism. Staten Island Museum, Staten Island (November 27, 1955-January 10, 1956) [unconfirmed].
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PROVENANCE
Estate of the artist, 1986
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fun fact:
O'Keeffe displayed this painting above her living room couch before bequeathing it to the museum.
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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.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Barr, Alfred H. Paintings by Nineteen Living Americans: December 13, 1929 to January 12, 1930, the Museum of Modern Art, New York. New York: n.p., 1930.
page number: Mentioned: p. 65
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"Art Museum Gets O'Keeffe Paintings." The Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), April 22, 1986.
page number: Mentioned: p, 5C
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Turner, David G. Georgia O'Keeffe: Paintings: Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, December 19, 1986 to April 12, 1987. Santa Fe: CG Books, 1986.
page number: Mentioned
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Cullinan, Helen. "Georgia on our Minds, O'Keeffe Legacy: 5 Glowing New Oils at Museum." The Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), September 5, 1987.
page number: Mentioned: 4B
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Chong, Alan. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993.
page number: Reproduced
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Lynes, Barbara Buhler. Georgia O'Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999.
page number: Reproduced: p. 341
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Lynes, Barbara Buhler. O'Keefe's O'Keeffe's: The Artists Collection. London: Thames & Hudson, 2001.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 47
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Viéville, Camille. O'Keeffe. Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 2021.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 308-309, no. 290
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