GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | GRAY TWO-PIECE SKIRT SUIT BY K. C. CHANG, MADE IN HONG KONG, WITH HAND-SEWN BLACK VELVET VEST

GEORGIA O'KEEFFE

GRAY TWO-PIECE SKIRT SUIT BY K. C. CHANG, MADE IN HONG KONG, WITH HAND-SEWN BLACK VELVET VEST

Outfit comprises: Raw gray silk jacket with white silk lining, with short mandarin collar, two small applied pockets, four Chinese knot-style buttons, and line of top stitching along the front, hem, and cuffs, with K. C. Chang label to interior right lining — matching raw gray silk skirt with hook and eye closures — black velvet vest with black silk lining, two small applied pockets, and six velvet buttons (possibly hand-sewn by Georgia O'Keeffe).

PROVENANCE:

Georgia O’Keeffe, Abiquiu, New Mexico

By descent to the present owner

LITERATURE:

Similar to the suit illustrated in Wanda M. Corn, Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern, New York, 2017, p. 213