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Auction archive: Lot number 5

GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (1887-1986)

Estimate
US$600,000 - US$800,000
Price realised:
US$1,071,000
Auction archive: Lot number 5

GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (1887-1986)

Estimate
US$600,000 - US$800,000
Price realised:
US$1,071,000
Beschreibung:

Details
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (1887-1986)
Lavender & Green Hill—Ghost Ranch
signed with initials 'OK' in artist's star device and inscribed with title (on a piece of the original backing)
oil on board
8 x 13 1/2 in. (20.3 x 34.3 cm.)
Painted in 1935.
Provenance
Doris Bry, New York.
George and Ellen Conant, St. Louis, Missouri, acquired from the above, 1975.
Private collection, Dallas, Texas, gift from the above.
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Private collection, St. Paul, Minnesota, acquired from the above, 1990.
Gerald Peters Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1996.
Literature
B.B. Lynes, Georgia O'Keeffe Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, New Haven, Connecticut, 1999, p. 539, no. 871, illustrated.
B. Benke, K. Williams, Georgia O'Keeffe 1887-1986: Flowers in the Desert, Cologne, Germany, 2000, p. 61, illustrated (as Hills—Lavender, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico II).
Exhibited
New York, An American Place, Georgia O’Keeffe: Exhibition of Recent Paintings, January 7-February 23, 1936, no. 6 (as Hills—Lavender, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, II).
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago; Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Art; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Georgia O’Keeffe: 1887-1986, November 1, 1987-June 18, 1989, n.p., no. 87, illustrated (as Hills—Lavender, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico II).
Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville County Museum of Art, Georgia O’Keeffe, July 7-August 22, 1993.
London, The Lefevre Gallery, Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986), April 8-May 7, 1993, pp. 7, 28-29, no. 11, illustrated (as Lavender Hills, Ghost Ranch).
New York and Santa Fe, New Mexico, Gerald Peters Gallery, Georgia O’Keeffe: Floral Works and Small Paintings, May 4-August 5, 1995.
Brooklyn, New York, The Brooklyn Museum, Georgia O'Keeffe Living Modern, March 3-July 23, 2017.

Auction archive: Lot number 5
Auction:
Datum:
21 Apr 2023
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
Beschreibung:

Details
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (1887-1986)
Lavender & Green Hill—Ghost Ranch
signed with initials 'OK' in artist's star device and inscribed with title (on a piece of the original backing)
oil on board
8 x 13 1/2 in. (20.3 x 34.3 cm.)
Painted in 1935.
Provenance
Doris Bry, New York.
George and Ellen Conant, St. Louis, Missouri, acquired from the above, 1975.
Private collection, Dallas, Texas, gift from the above.
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Private collection, St. Paul, Minnesota, acquired from the above, 1990.
Gerald Peters Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1996.
Literature
B.B. Lynes, Georgia O'Keeffe Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, New Haven, Connecticut, 1999, p. 539, no. 871, illustrated.
B. Benke, K. Williams, Georgia O'Keeffe 1887-1986: Flowers in the Desert, Cologne, Germany, 2000, p. 61, illustrated (as Hills—Lavender, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico II).
Exhibited
New York, An American Place, Georgia O’Keeffe: Exhibition of Recent Paintings, January 7-February 23, 1936, no. 6 (as Hills—Lavender, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, II).
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago; Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Art; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Georgia O’Keeffe: 1887-1986, November 1, 1987-June 18, 1989, n.p., no. 87, illustrated (as Hills—Lavender, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico II).
Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville County Museum of Art, Georgia O’Keeffe, July 7-August 22, 1993.
London, The Lefevre Gallery, Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986), April 8-May 7, 1993, pp. 7, 28-29, no. 11, illustrated (as Lavender Hills, Ghost Ranch).
New York and Santa Fe, New Mexico, Gerald Peters Gallery, Georgia O’Keeffe: Floral Works and Small Paintings, May 4-August 5, 1995.
Brooklyn, New York, The Brooklyn Museum, Georgia O'Keeffe Living Modern, March 3-July 23, 2017.

Auction archive: Lot number 5
Auction:
Datum:
21 Apr 2023
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
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