Georgia O'Keeffe Museum to Sell Three Works from Collection
- September 12, 2014 11:59
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum has announced that it is selling three works by the artist, including one of her iconic flower paintings that is estimated to bring between $10 million and $15 million at auction.
Museum Director Robert Kret said the board’s decision to sell the pieces comes from a need to build its endowment fund and compete in the global market for other works by O’Keeffe.
Jimson Weed/White Flower 1 and two other paintings, an abstract of a skunk cabbage and a Northern New Mexico landscape, will be offered Nov. 20 in an auction of American art at Sotheby’s in New York City.
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![Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.](/images/c/e2/2e/Jan20_Rape_of_Europa100x100_c.jpg "Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.")
