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Rare Georgia O'Keeffe Painting Found in Closet of NYC Apartment, to Be Auctioned for at Least $3 Million
The rediscovered landscape, found in a New York apartment closet, is one of three known versions and could draw $3 million at auction.
- On November 17, Christie's 20th Century Evening sale will feature the long-lost Georgia O'Keeffe painting, "Near Abiquiu, New Mexico I" , carrying an estimated value of $3 million.
- A Rhode Island woman named Betsy discovered the artwork hidden in her late aunt's East Village closet beneath fur coats; her aunt, a former Foreign Services worker, had purchased it for $3,800 in 1963.
- Depicting Lobo Peak, the painting is likely the first of three iterations, with the second held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and was hidden in the 1980s after a visitor eyed it too closely.
- Proceeds from the sale will benefit an unnamed education institution, while Betsy plans to use her portion for personal expenses like her mortgage, having briefly hung the painting for "chuckles."
- Christie's international director Tylee Abbott emphasized the rarity of such discoveries, stating, "Rediscoveries are rare in the well-established market for academically researched and highly revered historic American artists.
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Georgia O'Keefe, found in New York American City on an art plate, has been missing for nearly 40 years, after being discovered hidden underneath.
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Rare Georgia O'Keeffe painting found in closet of NYC apartment, to be auctioned for at least $3 million
A long-lost Georgia O'Keeffe painting discovered in a Manhattan closet will soon be for sale for at least $3 million dollars and, before it goes to the highest bidder, New Yorkers can see it, too.
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