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Georgia O'Keeffe

American, 1887-1986

Black Spot No. 3 — Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887-1986). Black Spot No. 3, 1919. Oil on canvas, 24 x 16 inches (61 x 40.6 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, and Charles Clifton Fund, 1973 (1973:12). © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Black Spot No. 3 — Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887-1986). Black Spot No. 3, 1919. Oil on canvas, 24 x 16 inches (61 x 40.6 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, and Charles Clifton Fund, 1973 (1973:12). © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Black Spot No. 3, 1919

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Collection Highlight

oil on canvas

support: 24 x 16 inches (60.96 x 40.64 cm); framed: 29 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 3 3/8 inches (74.29 x 53.97 x 8.57 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, and Charles Clifton Fund, 1973

1973:12

Inscriptions:

no inscriptions

Provenance:

purchased by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery from the artist through Doris Bry, New York, August 27, 1973

Object Classifications:

Paintings

Oil painting

Information may change due to ongoing research. Glossary of Terms

In her earliest works, Georgia O’Keeffe sought to depict natural forces and forms. Whether abstract or more representational, her imagery remained rooted in her experience of the landscape. Black Spot No. 3 is one of three paintings featuring a similar motif and is among the earliest of the artist’s abstract works.

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