Georgia O'Keeffe
Who
American painter of enlarged flowers, bleached bones and New Mexico landscape. Worked for nearly seventy years; moved permanently to New Mexico in 1949.
Why they matter
She was the first American modernist to become a household name, and the auction record for a work by a woman artist was hers for years: Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 sold for 44.4 million dollars in 2014.
What to buy
Still in copyright. Prints: the O'Keeffe Museum shop in Santa Fe is the licensed source; the flower paintings reproduce well at poster size. Books: the museum's publications and the Whitney's 2021 catalogue. Originals: paintings and drawings are seven figures and up.
Notes
Not public domain: museum links only, no free image archive.
Key works
- Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 (1932) - Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
- Black Iris (1926) - The Met, New York
- Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue (1931) - The Met, New York
- Sky Above Clouds IV (1965) - Art Institute of Chicago
In museum collections
- Blue and Green Music (1919)
Art Institute of Chicago ↗ - A Storm (1922)
The Met ↗ - Black Iris (1926)
The Met ↗ - Ram's Head, White Hollyhock-Hills (1935)
Brooklyn Museum ↗ - Drawing XIII (1915)
The Met ↗ - Jawbone and Fungus (1931)
Smithsonian American Art Museum ↗ - Red and Orange Streak (1919)
Philadelphia Museum of Art ↗ - Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue (1931)
The Met ↗ - Jimson Weed (1936)
Indianapolis Museum of Art ↗ - Summer Days (1936)
Whitney Museum ↗ - Door and Adobe Wall, Abiquiu, New Mexico (1952)
The Met ↗ - Looking from Bedroom at Abiquiu Towards Espanola, New Mexico (1952)
The Met ↗
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