Feather and Brown Leaf
Feather and Brown Leaf
Artist
Georgia O'Keeffe
(1887 - 1986)
Date1935
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Framed: 16 1/8 × 20 1/8 × 1 7/8 in.
Framed: 16 1/8 × 20 1/8 × 1 7/8 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2010.97
Accession number
2010.97
On View
Not on viewLabel TextBeginning in 1929, Georgia O'Keeffe spent part of almost every year in New Mexico. She found great beauty in the intensity of the natural world in the Southwest. The stunning environment provided her inspiration for many landscape paintings including Small Purple Hills. She often played with scale in her work, exploring both grand expanses and intimate details with equal attention. In Feather and Brown Leaf, she focused closely on the forms of organic objects whose particular qualities she thought reflected the place.
A partir de 1929, Georgia O'Keeffe comenzó a pasar parte de cada año en Nuevo México. Halló gran belleza en la intensidad del mundo natural del suroeste. El imponente entorno natural inspiró muchos de sus paisajes, incluido Pequeñas colinas púrpuras. La artista solía jugar con la escala en sus obras, explorando tanto grandes extensiones como detalles íntimos con el mismo nivel de atención. En Pluma y hoja marrón, se enfocó detenidamente en las formas de objetos orgánicos cuyas cualidades particulares consideraba un reflejo del lugar.
Inscribedverso, on backing, in graphite: Feather and Brown Leaf - 35 / OK [five-pointed star]
Markingsverso, u.l.: [Gerald Peters Gallery label]
verso, u.c.: [Hahn Bros. Fireproof Warehouses label]
verso, u.r.: [Guggenheim, Asher Associates label]
verso, l.l.: [The Downtown Gallery label]
verso, c.r.: [The Downtown Gallery label]
