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Green, Yellow and Orange

Serpentine curves inspired by natural forms were a mainstay of Georgia O’Keeffe’s art from the earliest years of her career (in the 1910s), when she derived inspiration in part from the turn-of-the-century organic aesthetic of Art Nouveau design. Later in her career, O’Keeffe found new pictorial opportunities in the aerial view, as in this work suggesting the ribbon-like meander of a western river through arid terrain. In examples such as this, her reference to place is almost entirely subsumed by the force of the abstract design.

Artist: Georgia O'Keeffe, American, 1887-1986
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dates: 1960
Dimensions: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Signature: Unsigned
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, American Landscape, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 87.136.3
Credit Line: Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe
Image: Overall, 87.136.3_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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