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Georgia O'Keeffe
Inside Clam Shell, 1930
Image: okeeffe_CR708_inside-clam-shell_794819.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Inside Clam Shell, 1930
Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches
CR No. 708
Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 708

An extreme closeup of the undulating, rippling interior of a white clamshell spans the entire canvas.

CR No. 708

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Inside Clam Shell

Source of title: backing inscription.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

From a Shell

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Selected Exhibition Titles

From a Shell
Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things, 1999, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe)

From a Shell
Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things, 1999, The Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.)

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "No. 3, label: printed, The Intimate Gallery 1931. Painted 1930." Abiquiú Notebooks indicates, "Sold by Downtown Gallery in 1951." Pictured in 1931 New York (An American Place) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 42. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. "Inside Clam Shell / 1930" (graphite) 2. OK {5star} (graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY); Private collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1951; Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, NY, 1968; Private collection, New York, NY, 1968; (Bernard Danenberg Galleries, Inc., New York, NY); Private collection, New York, NY, 1968; (Bernard Danenberg Galleries, Inc., New York, NY) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 5/5/2026

Source System ID

8753

Other IDs

708, Catalogue Raisonné