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Georgia O'Keeffe
Ritz Tower, 1928
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: OKeeffe_CR397_pool-in-the-woods_12345.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Ritz Tower, 1928
Oil on canvas, 40 1/4 x 14 inches
CR No. 621
Museum Purchase
2018.14.1
Oil on canvas, 40 1/4 x 14 inches
Museum Purchase
2018.14.1
CR No. 621

A nocturne painting of a tall cylindrical stacked skyscraper in black shadow with various floors of illuminated windows. Visible behind the Ritz Tower, is a darkened sky with a channel of horizontal flowing clouds in blue and white which partially obscure the moon.

CR No. 621

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Ritz Tower

Source of title: backing inscription.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Ritz Tower, Night

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

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, April 1946" [notes backing inscription 1]. Abiquiú Notebooks notes backing inscriptions 1, 2. Backing inscription 1 dates 1925. Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks date 1928. Dated 1928 on basis of inclusion in 1929 New York (Intimate Gallery) exhibition. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Verso: "Georgia O'Keeffe" (AS, area of canvas affixed to 14-inch section of stretcher, black ink) Backing: 1. "Ritz Tower – 25" (graphite) 2.OK ○ (graphite)

On the back of the painting, Georgia O'Keeffe is handwritten in black ink . The initials AS are written in black ink at the area where the canvas is affixed to the 14-inch section of stretcher. Also on the backing, handwritten in graphite, is Ritz Tower – 25, and the circled initials OK.

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 2019

Test of multiple updates post CR inscriptions. Seeing strikeout and italics.

Liz N., 2025

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY); John S. Hilson, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1958; Estate of John S. Hilson, 1992; Christie's, New York, NY, sale no. 7544, lot no. 123, 4 December 1992 (Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe)

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 1/ 15/2025

Last verified by current collection 2024

Source System ID

12345678

Other IDs

AS1027, Stieglitz NGA Key Set Number

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