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Georgia O'Keeffe
Cross by the Sea, Canada, 1932
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Cross by the Sea, Canada, 1932
Oil on canvas, 36 x 24 inches
CR No. 813
The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, Currier Funds (1960.1)
Oil on canvas, 36 x 24 inches
The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, Currier Funds (1960.1)
CR No. 813

A large wooden cross dominates the canvas. The cross bears a sign with text in French that commemorates a man's death. A white picket fence surrounds the cross. The structure stands over a rippling ocean with a blue sky overhead.

CR No. 813

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Cross by the Sea, Canada

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

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Cross with Sea

Cross by the Sea, Gaspé

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Knight Pub. O'Keeffe 1937. Color Plate. No. 12 'Cross by the Sea, Gaspé.'" Abiquiú Notebooks notes star from backing inscription 1. Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977 indicates, "Sold by Halpert." Reproduced and titled Cross by the Sea – Canada in America & Alfred Stieglitz (1934); Cross by the Sea in Life (February 1938); Cross by the Sea in Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago (February 1943); reproduced Art Digest (February 1943). (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. OK {5star} (graphite, obscured by label) 2. "O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, graphite) 3. "Cross" [words obscured by label] (Andrew Droth, graphite) 4. Label: handwritten, "An American Place' / 509 Madison Avenue / New York — N.Y. / Georgia O'Keeffe" 5. Stamp: "Georgia O'Keeffe / An American Place / Room 1710— 509 Madison Ave. / New York — N.Y." (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

An American Place, New York, NY
The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY
Purchased by Currier Gallery of Art, 1960
(Source: Currier Museum of Art, 2026)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 6/10/2026

Last verified by current collection Jan 06 2026

Source System ID

8817

Other IDs

813, Catalogue Raisonné