id: 153610
accession number: 1987.140
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.140
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Sunflower, New Mexico, I, 1935. Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887–1986). Oil on canvas; framed: 53.3 x 43.2 x 3.8 cm (21 x 17 x 1 1/2 in.); unframed: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe 1987.140 © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
title: Sunflower, New Mexico, I
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creation date: 1935
creation date earliest: 1935
creation date latest: 1935
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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: 53.3 x 43.2 x 3.8 cm (21 x 17 x 1 1/2 in.); Unframed: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
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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: 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: Living Modern
opening date: 2018-11-23T05:00:00
Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 21, 2018-March 3, 2019).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* New York, An American Place Georgia O'Keeffe: Exhibition of Recent Paintings, 1935 (1936), No. 11.
Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Georgia O'Keeffe Gift (4 September-15 November 1987)
International Arts (organizer). Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN (10/30/2014 - 2/15/2015): "Georgia O'Keeffe and the Southwestern Still Life:"
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PROVENANCE
Estate of the artist, 1986
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fun fact:
The sunflower was a rare subject for O'Keeffe, who painted them on only three occasions.
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Unlike most of O’Keeffe’s close-up images of flowers, this example appears in a landscape environment, with bloom, stem, and leaves framed against the bright blue Southwestern sky.
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