Georgia O'Keeffe
Dark Rocks

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Artist Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887–1986)American, 1887–1986

CultureAmerican

Titles

Dark Rocks

Date1938

PlaceUnited States

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensionssight canvas: 15 7/8 × 19 3/4 inches (40.3 × 50.2 cm)
frame: 16 1/4 × 20 1/8 × 1 1/4 inches (41.3 × 51.1 × 3.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Patricia Barrett Carter

Object number98.648

Not on view

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Department

American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceEXCOLLECTION: Georgia O'Keeffe
EXCOLLECTION: Edith Halpert's "Downtown Gallery" (Georgia O'Keeffe's gallery until 1963)
EXCOLLECTION: Doris Bry Gallery
PURCHASED in 1970 from Doris Bry Gallery by donor (Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Carter III)
Exhibition History"Georgia O'Keeffe: Circling Around Abstraction," Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, February 10–May 6, 2007; Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, May 25–September 9, 2007; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, October 7, 2007–January 6, 2008.

“American Modern: Works from the Collection of Alice C. Simkins,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 15–July 19, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: Label on the backboard: "The Downtown Gallery, 32 E.5 (tear to label) St., New York". Label on backboard: "Georgia O'Keeffe / Abiquiu, New Mexico / Dark Rocks / 1938 / 16 x 20 / oil on canvas". Inscribed in black on the backboard: "Dark Rocks / 1938".

The painting is unsigned.

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