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Georgia O'Keeffe. Clam and Mussel, 1926. Oil on canvas, 9 x 7 inches. Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation. © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. [2006.05.107]
In this small painting, a mussel shell rests inside a clam shell. The inner sides of both shells are visible to the viewer. The clam shell is light in color. Its hinge touches the left side of the canvas. The mussel shell is darker in color, and much of its visible inner side reflects its characteristic pearlesque luster.
O’Keeffe was fascinated by the richness and variety of the world around her, and she collected objects whose qualities—color, shape, texture—symbolized for her the meaning of a specific place or experience. In her studio at Lake George she began transforming simple blossoms into monumental forms. The same would be true of the shells she collected at York Beach in Maine, where O’Keeffe went to paint and escape the commotion of Lake George in the summertime. As she later recalled: “I have picked up shells along the coast of Maine—farther south, in the Bermudas and Bahamas I found conch shells along the pure sandy beaches . . . each shell was a beautiful world in itself.”
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