Flowers (Gardenias in a Pitcher)

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IDA TEN EYCK O'KEEFFE (1889-1961)
O'Keeffe, I.T.E.
Flowers (Gardenias in a Pitcher)
signed and dated 'Ida Ten Eyck O'Keeffe/1932' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
8 x 7 in. (20.3 x 17.8 cm.)
Painted in 1932.

Provenance

The artist.
Private collection, by descent from the above.
Gerald Peters Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1999.

Literature

(Probably) C. Click, "Museum Comes Alive with 200 Years of Still Life," The Aspen Times, February 15, 1997, p. 14B.
S. Canterbury, ed., Ida O'Keeffe: Escaping Georgia's Shadow, exhibition catalogue, Dallas, Texas, 2018, p. 82, fig. 35, illustrated.

Exhibited

Aspen, Colorado, Aspen Art Museum, Private Worlds: 200 Years of American Still Life Painting, December 19, 1996-April 6, 1997, pp. 2, 51, illustrated (as Gardenias).
West Palm Beach, Florida, Eaton Fine Art, Inc., Small & Beautiful: The Issue of Scale, November 7, 1997-January 2, 1998, no. 43, illustrated (as Gardenias).

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Lot Essay

Sister of eminent American modernist Georgia O'Keeffe, Ida Ten Eyck O'Keeffe was a celebrated artist in her own right. Born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, in 1889, Ida O'Keeffe taught drawing at a variety of Virginia high schools and elementary schools throughout the 1910s following her summer studies at the University of Virginia. In 1918 she decided to study nursing, a pursuit that supported her artistic endeavors. Painting around 70 known canvases in her life, Ida O'Keeffe exhibited her work in a variety of venues in the first half of the 20th century.

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