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
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
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 03
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