Georgia O'Keeffe
Cup of Silver Ginger
1938
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Cup of Silver Ginger
1938
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 20 1/2 × 17 1/2 × 2 in. (52.1 × 44.5 × 5.1 cm.)
Sight: 18 3/4 × 15 3/4 in. (47.6 × 40 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Cary Ross
Object Number
1940.122
Though labeled by Georgia O’Keeffe as ginger, this painting likely depicts the ruffled feathers and inner cup of chalice vine. In 1939, the Dole Pineapple Company flew O’Keeffe to Hawai‘i to produce paintings for use in their advertising. There, she created closeup views of lush plants, many—like this vine and the pineapple introduced to Hawai‘i by colonizers and corporations. Dole used her paintings to link the company, its crop, and the land of Hawai‘i together for American consumers.
Image and caption included on label: Advertisement for Dole Pineapple Juice, 1940, with Georgia O’Keeffe’s Pineapple Bud, 1939. From Georgia O’Keeffe: Visions of Hawai‘i, edited by Joanna L. Groarke and Theresa Papanikolas. New York, NY: DelMonico Books, 2018.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1940; Cary Ross (1903-1951), New York, by purchase, 1939; from An American Place, New York
An American Place, New York, “Georgia O'Keeffe: Exhibition of Oils and Pastels,” February 3-March 17, 1940, cat. no. 7 (as "Cup of Silver")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Still Life-Fruit and Flowers," March 7-April 4, 1961, cat. no. 44, p. 30.
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland, "Still Lifes," November 6-27, 1966.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, “Women Artists,” April 18 – June 18, 1972
Honolulu Academy of Arts, "Georgia O'Keeffe: Paintings of Hawai'i," March 21-May 6, 1990.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "American Modernism from the Collection," [rotation from] June 25, 2003
Kunsthaus Zurich, "Georgia O'Keeffe," October 23, 2003-February 1, 2004. (as "Cup of Silver Ginger").
René Paul Barilleaux and Sarah Whittaker Peters, Mississippi Museum of Art, "Georgia O'Keefe: Color and Conservation," February 4-May 29, 2006, p. 11, ill.; circulated to Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, June 16-September 10, 2006; Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, September 30-December 31, 2006 (as "Cup of Silver Ginger").
Newport Art Museum, "Georgia O'Keeffe: Things I had No Words For" July 16, 2022 - October 16, 2022.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Still Life-Fruit and Flowers," March 7-April 4, 1961, cat. no. 44, p. 30.
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland, "Still Lifes," November 6-27, 1966.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, “Women Artists,” April 18 – June 18, 1972
Honolulu Academy of Arts, "Georgia O'Keeffe: Paintings of Hawai'i," March 21-May 6, 1990.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "American Modernism from the Collection," [rotation from] June 25, 2003
Kunsthaus Zurich, "Georgia O'Keeffe," October 23, 2003-February 1, 2004. (as "Cup of Silver Ginger").
René Paul Barilleaux and Sarah Whittaker Peters, Mississippi Museum of Art, "Georgia O'Keefe: Color and Conservation," February 4-May 29, 2006, p. 11, ill.; circulated to Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, June 16-September 10, 2006; Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, September 30-December 31, 2006 (as "Cup of Silver Ginger").
Newport Art Museum, "Georgia O'Keeffe: Things I had No Words For" July 16, 2022 - October 16, 2022.
“One Man Shows,” The New York Times, Feb 11, 1940, sec. 9 p. 7
Callaway, Nicholas, ed., "Goergia O’Keeffe: One Hundred Flowers," New York, Alfred A. Knopf In association with Callaway Editions, 1987, no. 87 repro. Pl.87
Saville, Jennifer, "Georgia O’Keeffe: Paintings of Hawai’i," Honolulu, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1980, Cat #2, p. 67, ill. p. 24
Papanikolas, Theresa. "Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: The Hawai'i Pictures." Honolulu Museum of Art: Honolulu, 2013. p. 29
Groarke, Joanna L. and Theresa Papanikolas, eds. "Georgia O'Keeffe: Visions of Hawai'i." New York: New York Botanical Garden, 2018.
Inscribed: Stretcher: "#4 (unidentified hand, graphite) Backing: 1. "21 New Paintings - / (Hawaii) / No. 7 Catalogue of Exhibition Feb 3 - April 17 - 1940 / 'Cup of Silver' (Hawaii) / 1939 / Georgia O'Keeffe" (AS, black ink); 2. AAP1
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