Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986), "A Piece of Wood II/From Knot of Wood," 1942, oil on canvas, 24 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. Art Bridges. Photo: Steve Panceccasio.
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Georgia O'Keeffe
A Piece of Wood II / From Knot of Wood

About

The concentrated, kaleidoscopic discs create a highly energetic composition. A vortex pulls the viewer’s eyes toward the center while pushing outward beyond the boundaries of the canvas. During her artistic career, O’Keeffe returned repeatedly to circular motifs in the context of abstraction through isolation, simplification, and enlargement. Nature was a primary inspiration for her early abstractions, having said: “It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis, that we get at the real meaning of things.”

Artist

Georgia O'Keeffe

Dimensions

24 3/4 × 19 3/4 in. (62.9 × 50.2 cm)

Credit Line

Art Bridges

Date

1942

Medium

Oil on canvas

Object Number

AB.2021.4

Provenance

(Jean Seth, Santa Fe, NM); (Downtown Gallery, New York, NY); Doris Bry [1920-2014], New York, NY; to Private Collection, Dallas, TX, 1975; given to Private Collection, St. Petersburg, FL, 1996; to (Menconi & Schoelkopf Fine Art, LLC, New York, NY); purchased by Art Bridges, TX, 2021

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