The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Sunflower, New Mexico, I
1935
(American, 1887–1986)
Framed: 53.3 x 43.2 x 3.8 cm (21 x 17 x 1 1/2 in.); Unframed: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe 1987.140
© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
The sunflower was a rare subject for O'Keeffe, who painted them on only three occasions.Description
Unlike most of O’Keeffe’s close-up images of flowers, this example appears in a landscape environment, with bloom, stem, and leaves framed against the bright blue Southwestern sky.- Estate of the artist, 1986
- Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 21, 2018-March 3, 2019).Georgia O'Keeffe and the Southwestern Still Life. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN (October 30, 2014-February 15, 2015).International Arts (organizer). Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN (10/30/2014 - 2/15/2015): "Georgia O'Keeffe and the Southwestern Still Life:"The Georgia O'Keeffe Gift. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 4-November 15, 1987).Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Georgia O'Keeffe Gift (4 September-15 November 1987)New York, An American Place Georgia O'Keeffe: Exhibition of Recent Paintings, 1935 (1936), No. 11.
- {{cite web|title=Sunflower, New Mexico, I|url=false|author=Georgia O'Keeffe|year=1935|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1987.140