32c Georgia O'Keeffe single

Object Details

Depicts

Georgia O'Keeffe, American, 1887 - 1986

Description

The Postal Service issued a 32-cent commemorative stamp in recognition of Georgia O'Keeffe's artistic achievements, in a pane of fifteem, on May 23, 1996, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The stamp went on sale nationwide May 24.

Designed by Margaret Bauer of Washington, DC, the stamp features Georgia O'Keeffe's 1927 painting entitled "Red Poppy." The pane combines a photo of O'Keeffe with the fifteen stamps.

Georgia O'Keeffe is considered one of the foremost American painters of the twentieth century. Her flower paintings attracted attention with their spectacular size, vivid color, and detailed views. While extremely controversial, these works were also extremely popular. She used not only flowers as the basis for her art but also abstracts, desert landscapes, city views, bones, shells, and other natural forms.

Stamp Venturers, Inc. printed the stamp in the gravure process.

Reference:

Postal Bulletin (April 25, 1996).

mint

Credit line

Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

May 23, 1996

Object number

1999.2004.1109

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / photogravure

Place

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Title

Scott Catalogue USA 3069

National Postal Museum

Topic

Plants

Art & Photography

Contemporary (1990-present)

Women's Heritage

U.S. Stamps

Record ID

npm_1999.2004.1109

Metadata Usage (text)

Usage conditions apply

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8eab5c97f-d780-4d8a-abde-ce6c7fafe28c