Location

not on view

Fun Fact

O'Keeffe displayed this painting above her living room couch before bequeathing it to the museum.

Description

Upon her death at age 99, O’Keeffe bequeathed White Pansy to the museum, an early supporter of her work. She clearly held the painting in high regard, having enjoyed displaying it on the living room wall of her home in Abiquiu, New Mexico.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Stretcher: "G [in circle] O'Keeffe" (GO, graphite) Backing: 1. OK * (graphite) [twice] 2. "White Pansy / 1927 / by Georgia O'Keeffe" [in oval] (AS, black crayon) 3. "Georgia O'Keeffe / 1927" (AS, graphite)

Provenance

Estate of the artist, 1986

Citations

Barr, Alfred H. Paintings by Nineteen Living Americans: December 13, 1929 to January 12, 1930, the Museum of Modern Art, New York. New York: n.p., 1930. Mentioned: p. 65

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

Turner, David G. Georgia O'Keeffe: Paintings: Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, December 19, 1986 to April 12, 1987. Santa Fe: CG Books, 1986. Mentioned

Cullinan, Helen. "Georgia on our Minds, O'Keeffe Legacy: 5 Glowing New Oils at Museum." The Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), September 5, 1987. Mentioned: 4B

Chong, Alan. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993. Reproduced

Lynes, Barbara Buhler. Georgia O'Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. Reproduced: p. 341

Lynes, Barbara Buhler. O'Keefe's O'Keeffe's: The Artists Collection. London: Thames & Hudson, 2001. Reproduced: fig. 47

Viéville, Camille. O'Keeffe. Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 2021. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 308-309, no. 290

Exhibition history

Paintings by Nineteen Living Americans. Museum of Modern Art, New York (December 13, 1929-January 12, 1930).

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

O'Keeffe Exhibition. Intimate Gallery, New York (January 9-February 27, 1928) [unconfirmed].

An American Place, Georgia O'Keeffe: An Exhibition of Paintings. New York (January 27-March 1, 1935) [unconfirmed].

Modern Realism. Staten Island Museum, Staten Island (November 27, 1955-January 10, 1956) [unconfirmed].

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

O'Keeffe's O'Keeffes: The Artist's Collection. Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI (organizer) (May 4-August 19, 2001); Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM (September 14, 2001-January 13, 2002); Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humbelbaek, Denmark (February 8-May 20, 2002).