Details
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (1887-1986)
Autumn Leaf II
signed with initials ‘OK’ in the artist’s star device (on the original backing)
oil on canvas
32 x 21 in. (81.3 x 53.3 cm.)
Painted in 1927
Provenance
The Downtown Gallery, New York.
Mrs. Albert D. Lasker, New York (acquired from the above, 1961); sale, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 25 April 1980, lot 246.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc. and Robert Miller Gallery, Inc., New York (acquired at the above sale).
Thea Westreich Art Advisory Services, Inc., New York.
Private collection (acquired from the above, 1984); sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 29 November 2012, lot 10.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
Newsweek, 1965, vol. 66, p. 84 (titled Autumn Leaves).
International Art Market, 1980, vol. 20, p. 190, no. 246 (titled Autumn Leaves No. 2).
B.B. Lynes, Georgia O’Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven, 1999, vol. I, p. 353, no. 605 (illustrated in color).
H. Drohojowska-Philp, Full Bloom: The Art and Life of Georgia O’Keeffe, New York, 2004, p. 278.
Exhibited
New York, The Intimate Gallery, O’Keeffe Exhibition, January-February 1928, no. 29 (titled Autumn Leaf - B).
Tulsa, Philbrook Museum of Art, Georgia O’Keeffe Retrospective Exhibition, October-November 1952.
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts and Delray Beach, Mayo Hill Galleries, An Exhibition of Paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe, February-April 1953, no. 6 (titled Autumn Leaves II).
Amherst College, Mead Art Building, 13 Painters 40 Years, May 1956.
New York, The Gallery of Modern Art, The Twenties Revisited, June-September 1965.
Tulsa, Philbrook Museum of Art; Oakland Museum of Art; Baltimore Museum of Art and New York, National Academy of Design, Painters of the Humble Truth: American Still Life Painting, September 1981-July 1982, pp. 266 and 292-293, no. 99 (illustrated, p. 266, fig. 11.11; titled Autumn Leaves No. 2).
New York, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., The American Tradition: Paintings and Sculpture of the Twentieth Century, April-May 1983, p. 17.
Santa Fe, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum (on extended loan).
Special Notice
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Details
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (1887-1986)
Autumn Leaf II
signed with initials ‘OK’ in the artist’s star device (on the original backing)
oil on canvas
32 x 21 in. (81.3 x 53.3 cm.)
Painted in 1927
Provenance
The Downtown Gallery, New York.
Mrs. Albert D. Lasker, New York (acquired from the above, 1961); sale, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 25 April 1980, lot 246.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc. and Robert Miller Gallery, Inc., New York (acquired at the above sale).
Thea Westreich Art Advisory Services, Inc., New York.
Private collection (acquired from the above, 1984); sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 29 November 2012, lot 10.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
Newsweek, 1965, vol. 66, p. 84 (titled Autumn Leaves).
International Art Market, 1980, vol. 20, p. 190, no. 246 (titled Autumn Leaves No. 2).
B.B. Lynes, Georgia O’Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven, 1999, vol. I, p. 353, no. 605 (illustrated in color).
H. Drohojowska-Philp, Full Bloom: The Art and Life of Georgia O’Keeffe, New York, 2004, p. 278.
Exhibited
New York, The Intimate Gallery, O’Keeffe Exhibition, January-February 1928, no. 29 (titled Autumn Leaf - B).
Tulsa, Philbrook Museum of Art, Georgia O’Keeffe Retrospective Exhibition, October-November 1952.
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts and Delray Beach, Mayo Hill Galleries, An Exhibition of Paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe, February-April 1953, no. 6 (titled Autumn Leaves II).
Amherst College, Mead Art Building, 13 Painters 40 Years, May 1956.
New York, The Gallery of Modern Art, The Twenties Revisited, June-September 1965.
Tulsa, Philbrook Museum of Art; Oakland Museum of Art; Baltimore Museum of Art and New York, National Academy of Design, Painters of the Humble Truth: American Still Life Painting, September 1981-July 1982, pp. 266 and 292-293, no. 99 (illustrated, p. 266, fig. 11.11; titled Autumn Leaves No. 2).
New York, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., The American Tradition: Paintings and Sculpture of the Twentieth Century, April-May 1983, p. 17.
Santa Fe, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum (on extended loan).
Special Notice
On occasion, Christie's has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot.
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