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O’Keeffe, Georgia
(American, 1887-1986)
Poppies
1950
Oil on canvas
36 x 30 in.
Gift of Mrs. Harry Lynde Bradley
© 2003 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
M1977.133

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In her treatment of form, O’Keeffe hovered tantalizingly between representation and abstraction throughout her long career.

Flower paintings such as this became perhaps the best-known of her signature images. Set against the clear blue Southwestern sky, these over-scale poppies seductively reveal their inner beauty and proclaim themselves a generative force of nature.

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