Art Image Details
Mountain at Bear Lake--Taos
| Title: | Mountain at Bear Lake--Taos |
|---|---|
| Artist: | O'Keeffe, Georgia |
| Date of Work: | 1930 |
| Medium/Support: | oil on canvas |
| Measurements: | 30 x 40 in (76.2 x 101.6 cm) |
| Inscribed: | Yes |
| Inscription Type: | signed in pencil |
| Inscription Location: | on backing board |
| Inscription Text: | OK [in star] |
| Acquisition Information: | Gift of the Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation and William D. Rollnick and Nancy Ellison Rollnick |
| Acquisition Number: | 997.1770.1 |
| Credit Line: | The White House Historical Association (White House Collection) |
| Scholar's Notes: |
"The mountain at Bear Lake that dominates the painting is composed parallel to the picture plane and cropped at the sides . . . . Here the rich purple mountainside, accented with gray patches, is seen in shifting half lights. "The lake is presented as a dense black band at the bottom of the canvas . . . . The glowing purplish-pink sky and the shadow-black lake may suggest the end of afternoon . . . ." |
| Source of Scholar's Notes: | Kloss, William, et al. Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride. Washington, D.C.: The White House Historical Association, 2008. |
| Page Number(s) in Source: | 262 |
| Categories: | White House Art Collection |
| Type: | landscapes |
