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My Back Yard by Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe

My Back Yard, 1943

Oil on canvas
45.7 x 61 cm (17.99 x 24.02 in)
Paintings
Unique artwork
LiveArt Estimate™
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Momentum 12M
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, New York (23 May 2013)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
May 23, 2013
Christie'sNew YorkAmerican Art22
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My Back Yard
Artwork Description
Category

paintings

Dimensions

45.7 x 61 cm (17.99 x 24.02 in)

Materials

oil on canvas

Signature

signed 'Georgia O'Keeffe', on a piece of the original backing on verso

Provenance

The artist. Claudia O'Keeffe, sister of the above, Beverly Hills, California, gift from the above. [With]Jean Seth, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Private collection, Aspen, Colorado, 1975. [With]Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Private collection, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1987. [With]Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1992.

Exhibited

New York, An American Place, Paintings--1942-43, March 27-May 22, 1943, no. 9. New York, An American Place, Georgia O'Keeffe: Paintings--1944, January 22-March 22, 1945, no. 14 (as My backyard). Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix Art Museum, and elsewhere, Georgia O'Keeffe: Selected Paintings, April 15-June 15, 1988. Denver, Colorado, The Denver Art Museum, The Western Spirit: Exploring New Territory in American Art, February 25-April 30, 1989.

Literature

An American Place, Paintings--1942-43, exhibition pamphlet, New York, 1943, no. 9. An American Place, Georgia O'Keeffe: Paintings--1944, exhibition pamphlet, New York, 1945, no. 14 (as My backyard). Seibu Museum of Art, Georgia O'Keeffe, exhibition catalogue, Tokyo, Japan, 1988, pp. 72-73, no. 30, illustrated. Denver Art Museum, The Western Spirit: Exploring New Territory in American Art, exhibition catalogue, Denver, Colorado, 1989, p. 114-15, illustrated. R. Robinson, Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life, New York, 1989, p. 415 (as My backyard). B.B. Lynes, Georgia O'Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, New Haven, Connecticut, 1999, p. 664, no. 1059, illustrated.