White Pansy

Description

Among O'Keeffe's most admired works are her close-up images of flowers whose compositions border on abstraction. In this example, a large image of a white pansy is juxtaposed against much smaller blossoms of light blue forget-me-nots.

Provenance

Estate of the artist, 1986

White Pansy

Georgia O'Keeffe

1927

Accession Number

1987.139

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Framed: 94.5 x 79.2 x 5.1 cm (37 3/16 x 31 3/16 x 2 in.); Unframed: 91.7 x 76.3 cm (36 1/8 x 30 1/16 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe