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Georgia O'Keeffe
Shelton Hotel, N.Y., No. I, 1926
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Shelton Hotel, N.Y., No. I, 1926
Oil on canvas, 32 x 17 inches
CR No. 526
Oil on canvas, 32 x 17 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 526

A tall gray skyscraper with blue and white windows reflecting a daytime sky dominates the composition. Strips of blue sky and wispy clouds are visible on either side of the structure.

CR No. 526

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Shelton Hotel, N.Y., No. I

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

The Shelton, New York No. I

Source of title: Whitney Archive.

Shelton Hotel, N.Y., No. 1

Source of title: Whitney Archive.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946. . . . No signature. On backing: "Shelton Hotel, N.Y. No. 1 1926" [not verified]. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(Doris Bry, New York, NY); John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1976; Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, NY, 1977 (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

8601

Other IDs

526, Catalogue Raisonné