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From a Day with Juan IV

Semiabstract painting with a vertical gradient of a quadrangular white form framed at right and left by two blue triangles.
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  • Semiabstract painting with a vertical gradient of a quadrangular white form framed at right and left by two blue triangles.

Date:

1977

Artist:

Georgia O’Keeffe (American, 1887–1986)

About this artwork

Georgia O’Keeffe painted this canvas in response to seeing the Washington Monument during a trip to Washington, DC, in October 1976 with her assistant Juan Hamilton. She depicted it as an abstract form, a solid white block that dominates the composition, leaving narrow triangles of blue sky on either side. One can envision the 90-year-old artist craning her neck to take in the monumental shape, drawn to its strict geometries, as she toured the Mall on a brilliant fall day.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Georgia O'Keeffe

Title

From a Day with Juan IV

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1977

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

121.9 × 91.4 cm (48 × 36 in.)

Credit Line

Alfred Stieglitz Collection, bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe

Reference Number

1987.250.4

Copyright

© The Art Institute of Chicago

Extended information about this artwork

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