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It Was Yellow and Pink II

It Was Yellow and Pink II

1959
(American, 1887–1986)
America, 20th century
oil on canvas
Unframed: 91.5 x 76.2 cm (36 x 30 in.)
Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe 1987.137
© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Recalling her views out of airplane windows, O’Keeffe described seeing “such incredible colors that you actually begin to believe in your dreams.”

Description

Georgia O’Keeffe was electrified by the aerial views she experienced when flying long distances in the lower-altitude propeller planes of the 1950s and 1960s. In this painting, she has composed riverbeds seen far below in ways that refer to an actual experience and, simultaneously, exist as an abstract design.
  • Estate of the artist, 1986
    1987–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Musée de Grenoble, Sophie Bernard, and Georgia O'Keeffe. Georgia O'Keeffe et ses amis photographes: [... publié à l'occasion de l'exposition "Georgia O'Keeffe et ses amis photographes", Musée de Grenoble, 7 novembre 2015 - 7 février 2016]. Paris: Somogy éd. d'art, 2015. catalogue number 67. 161
    Ruiz del Arbol, Marta. Georgia O'Keeffe, exh. cat. Madrid: Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2021. Mentioned p. 301; Reproduced pp. 227, 313.
    The Downtown Gallery. Georgia O'Keeffe: Paintings and Drawings, April 11-May 6, 1961. New York, 1961.
    Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Catalogue of the One Hundred and Fifty-Seventh Annual Exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture : January 12 through February 25, 1962. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania of the Fine Arts. 1962. Mentioned: p. 27
    "Art Museum Gets O'Keeffe Paintings." The Cleveland Plain Dealer (22 April 1986). Mentioned: p. 5C
    Culllinan, Helen. "Georgia On Our Minds: O'Keeffe Legacy: 5 Glowing New Oils at Museum." The Cleveland Plain Dealer (5 September 1987). Mentioned
    Chong, Alan, comp. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993. Reproduced: p. 171
    Eldredge, Charles C. Georgia O'Keeffe: American and Modern. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. Reproduced: fig. 86
    Udall, Sharyn Rohlfsen. O'Keeffe and Texas. San Antonio: Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, 1998. Mentioned: p. 94, 116; Reproduced: p. 96
    Turner, Elizabeth Hutton, and Marjorie P. Balge-Crozier. Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things. Washington, D.C.: The Phillips Collection, 1999. Reproduced: p. 132
    Lynes, Barbara Buhler. Georgia O'Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. Reproduced: p. 847
    Curiger, Bice, Carter Ratcliff, and Peter Johannes Schneemann. Georgia O'Keeffe. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2003. Reproduced: p. 91
    Czestochowski, Joseph S., ed. Georgia O'Keeffe Visions of the Sublime. Memphis: Torch Press and International Arts, 2004. Reproduced: p. 157
    Tosatto, Guy, Sophie Bernard, Camille Ducastel, and Barbara Buhler Lynes. Georgia O'Keeffe et ses amis photographes. 2015. Mentioned: p. 149; Reproduced: p. 161
    Ottinger, Didier. Georgia O'Keeffe. Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2021. Reproduced: P. 208
    O'Keeffe, Georgia, Theodora Vischer, Sam Keller, Cody Hartley, Didier Ottinger, Marta Ruiz del Árbol, Ariel Plotek, and Anna Hiddleston-Galloni. Georgia O'Keeffe. 2022. Reproduced: p. 155
    O'Keeffe, Georgia, Samantha Friedman, Emily Olek, Glenn D. Lowry, and Laura Neufeld. Georgia O'Keeffe: To See Takes Time. New York : The Museum of Modern Art, 2023. Reproduced: p. 162, pl. 125
  • Georgia O'Keeffe: To See Takes Time. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (organizer) (April 9-August 12, 2023).
    Georgia O'Keeffe: The Painter's Lens. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain (organizer) (April 20-August 8, 2021); Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris cedex O4, France (September 8-December 6, 2021); Fondation Beyeler, CH-4125 Riehen/Basel, Switzerland (January 23-May 22, 2022).
    Georgia O'Keeffe exhibition. Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France (organizer) (November 7, 2015-February 7, 2016).
    Georgia O'Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (July 10-October 3, 2004); Fresno Metropolitan Museum, CA (October 20, 2004-January 3, 2005).
    Georgia O'Keeffe: Visions of the Sublime. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (July 10-October 3, 2004); Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, CA (October 20, 2004-January 3, 2005); Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN (January 17-April 3, 2005); Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN (April 15-June 12, 2005); Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID ( June 30-September 12, 2005).
    Georgia O'Keeffe. Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland (organizer) (October 23, 2003-February 1, 2004).
    Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things. The Phillips Collection (organizer) (April 24-July 18, 1999); Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (August 14-October 10, 1999); The Dallas Museum of Art (October 30, 1999-January 30, 2000); Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor (February 19-May 14, 2000).
    O'Keeffe and Texas. Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX (January 27-April 5, 1998).
    Georgia O'Keeffe: American Modern. The Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom (organizer) (April 8-June 27, 1993); Palacio de Belles Artes, Mexico City, Mexico (August 1-October 24,1993); Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan (November 28-February 20, 1994).
    The Georgia O'Keeffe Gift. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 4-November 15, 1987).
    One Hundred and Fifty-Seventh Annual Exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture. The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (January 12-February 25, 1962).
    Georgia O'Keeffe. The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY (organizer) (April 11-May 6, 1961).
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