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Dead Tree with Pink Hill

1945

Georgia O'Keeffe

(American, 1887–1986)

America, 20th century

Oil on canvas

Framed: 76.5 x 102 x 3 cm (30 1/8 x 40 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.); Unframed: 76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in.)

Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe 1987.138

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226A American Modern

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Under optimal environmental conditions, cottonwood trees can live up to 400 years.

Description

Cottonwood trees that spread throughout the New Mexico landscape provided subjects for several of Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings, including this example. Although no longer living, the majestic cottonwood seen here is framed against a distant double-peaked land mass in near symmetry. Upon her death at age 98, the artist bequeathed this painting—along with four others—to the Cleveland Museum of Art, an early supporter of her work.

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Backing: "#3 Dead Tree with Pink Hill / by Georgia O'Keeffe" (AD, AAP3 black ink)

Provenance

Estate of the artist, 1986

Citations

The New Yorker, February 16, 1946.

O'Keeffe, Georgia. Georgia O'Keeffe: A Studio Book. New York: Viking Press, 1976. Reproduced: fig. 91

"Art Museum Gets O'Keeffe Paintings." The Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 22, 1986. Mentioned: p. 5C

Culllinan, Helen. "Georgia On Our Minds: O'Keeffe Legacy: 5 Glowing New Oils at Museum." The Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 5, 1987. Reproduced: p. 4B; Mentioned: p. ?

Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 152

Chong, Alan. European and American Painting in The Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue, Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993. Reproduced: p. 171

Benke, Britta. Georgia O'Keeffe 1887-1986: Blumen in der Wüste. Köln: Benedikt Taschen, 1994. Reproduced: p. 66

Lynes, Barbara Buhler. Georgia O'Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. Reproduced: vol. 2 p. 706

O'Keeffe, Georgia, John Loengard, and Lothar Schirmer. Georgia O'Keeffe/John Loengard: Paintings & Photographs: A Visit to Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch. München: Schirmer Mosel, 2006.

Exhibition history

An American Place: Georgia O’Keeffe. An American Place, New York, NY (February 4-March 27, 1946).

Georgia O'Keeffe: Paintings. Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM (December 19, 1986-April 12, 1987).

Georgia O'Keeffe: An Exhibition of the Work of the Artist from 1915-1966. Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, TX (March 17-May 8, 1966).

The Georgia O'Keeffe Gift. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 4-November 15, 1987).

Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 21, 2018-March 3, 2019).

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