COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
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AMICA ID:
AIC_.1943.95
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AIC_.1943.95
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2001
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2001
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Paintings
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Paintings
Object Type
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Creator Name:
O'Keeffe, Georgia
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O'Keeffe, Georgia
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
North American; American
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North American; American
Creator Nationality
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Creator Role:
Artist
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Artist
Creator Role
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Creator Dates/Places:
American; 1887-1986
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American; 1887-1986
Creator Dates/Places
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Creator Name-CRT:
Georgia O'Keeffe
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
Black Cross, New Mexico
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Black Cross, New Mexico
Title
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Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
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View:
full view
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full view
View
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Creation Date:
1929
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1929
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1929
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1929
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1929
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1929
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
Oil on canvas
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Oil on canvas
Materials and Techniques
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Classification Term:
oil on canvas
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oil on canvas
Classification Term
false
Classification Term:
Modern and Contemporary Art
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Modern and Contemporary Art
Classification Term
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Creation Place:
North and Central America,North America,United States
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North and Central America,North America,United States
Creation Place
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Dimensions:
39 x 30 in. (99.2 x 76.3 cm)
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39 x 30 in. (99.2 x 76.3 cm)
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
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ID Number:
1943.95
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1943.95
ID Number
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Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Art Instistute Purchase Fund
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Art Instistute Purchase Fund
Credit Line
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Copyright:
? The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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? The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Copyright
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.arsny.com"target="_new">http://www.arsny.com</a>
Rights
false
Context:
In her 1976 autobiography, O'Keeffe explained, '...one evening when I was living in Taos [New Mexico] we walked back of the morada toward a cross in the hills. I was told that it was a Penitente cross but that meant little to me at the time. The cross was large enough to crucify a man, with two small crosses-one on either side. It was in the late light and the cross stood out-dark against the evening sky.' Still active in northern New Mexico, part of the territory settled by the Spanish as early as the seventeeth century, Penitentes are secret lay brotherhoods that meet in remote moradas (chapels) near which they may erect crosses for their devout Passion week rites. Curiously, when this painting was first exhibited in 1930, it was entitled 'Black Cross, Arizona' and captions for reproductions in magazines published in the 1930s also refer to the setting as Arizona. O'Keeffe often merged different locales into single paintings, and perhaps the original title refers to the background hills rather than to the New Mexico sanctuary with the cross. The present title was first used for the catalogue of the O'Keeffe retrospective organized by the Art Institute in 1943.
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In her 1976 autobiography, O'Keeffe explained, '...one evening when I was living in Taos [New Mexico] we walked back of the morada toward a cross in the hills. I was told that it was a Penitente cross but that meant little to me at the time. The cross was large enough to crucify a man, with two small crosses-one on either side. It was in the late light and the cross stood out-dark against the evening sky.' Still active in northern New Mexico, part of the territory settled by the Spanish as early as the seventeeth century, Penitentes are secret lay brotherhoods that meet in remote moradas (chapels) near which they may erect crosses for their devout Passion week rites. Curiously, when this painting was first exhibited in 1930, it was entitled 'Black Cross, Arizona' and captions for reproductions in magazines published in the 1930s also refer to the setting as Arizona. O'Keeffe often merged different locales into single paintings, and perhaps the original title refers to the background hills rather than to the New Mexico sanctuary with the cross. The present title was first used for the catalogue of the O'Keeffe retrospective organized by the Art Institute in 1943.
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E09415.tif
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AIC_.E09415.tif
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