Only One
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Object Details
- Date
- 1959
- Artist
- Georgia O'Keeffe, born Sun Prairie, WI 1887-died Santa Fe, NM 1986
- Gallery Label
- In 1959, Georgia O'Keeffe embarked on a whirlwind world tour for three months. Visiting India, East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Rome, her main source of transportation was, for the first time, commercial airlines. Despite a fear of flying, O'Keeffe was deeply inspired by the new perspective of seeing the land from high above. From such great heights, the natural formations of the earth's surface blur, losing their active tension as they devolve into abstract patterns. In Only One, swaths of rusty oranges and shadowy violets are interrupted by ribbon-like blues echoing the relationship of the arid land and nourishing rivers below.
- Topic
- Abstract
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Object number
- 1969.47.69
- Type
- Painting
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 36 x 30 1/8 in. (91.5 x 76.4 cm.)
- Metadata Usage
- Not determined
- Record ID
- saam_1969.47.69