ID: 700009232 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009232	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Black Iris (painting (visual work); Georgia O'Keeffe (American painter, 1887-1986); 1926; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 69.278.1)

Note: When paintings from this group were first shown in 1924, they were considered shocking. Enlarging the petals far beyond lifesize proportions, the artist forces the viewer to observe the small details that might otherwise be overlooked.

Titles:

Black Iris (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

The Dark Iris No. III (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1926

Creator Display:

Georgia O'Keeffe (American painter, 1887-1986) [preferred]

creator O'Keeffe, Georgia (American painter, 1887-1986) [500018666]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 69.278.1

Credit Line: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1969

Display Materials: oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: 36 x 29 7/8 inches (91.4 x 75.9 cm)

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	modern (generic time frame) [300379388] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <generic styles| periods| and cultures>)

General Subject:

botanical (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	flower-de-luce (iris plant) [300343602]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), Angiospermae (division), Liliopsida (class), Asparagales (order), Iridaceae (family)) (AAT)

	sexuality [300055187]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, psychological concepts) (AAT)

Provenance: the artist (1926-69; on extended loan to MMA, 1949-69; her gift as part of the Alfred Stieglitz Collection to MMA)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Black Iris	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 25 January 2017
	........ Drohojowska-Philp, Full Bloom (2004) 273-274
	........ Galitz, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Masterpiece Paintings (2016) 524
The Dark Iris No. III	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 25 January 2017

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 26 January 2017

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 23 May 2019