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Oil on canvas, 36 x 24 inches
CR No. 813
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The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, Currier Funds (1960.1)
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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
1943
1957
Cincinnati Art Museum
Dayton Art Institute
1966
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFA H)
1970–1971
Whitney Museum of American Art
Art Institute of Chicago
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
1975
1999–2000
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Dallas Museum of Art
The Phillips Collection
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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)
© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Version History
Core fields last updated 6/10/2026
Last verified by current collection Jan 06 2026
Source System ID
8817
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