Georgia okeeffe dole pineapple. In 1939 dole pineapple company sent georgia okeeffe to hawaii for three months in order to produce works that could be used in their advertisements. Rather than depicting the fruit itself georgia okeeffe decided to focus just on its bud and this makes the painting really original in its simplicity. The dole company paid georgia okeeffe to travel to hawaii from new york in 1939 in return for two paintings that it could use in its advertisements for dole pineapple juice.
A surprising and colonial history. Georgia okeeffe pineapple bud 1939. Okeeffe was in new mexico during the summers of 1930 and 1931 but remained at lake george in 1932 making brief painting trips to canada and new york city.
Pineapple bud is a painting by georgia okeeffe which dates back to 1939it is an oil on canvas which features a huge close up of a pineapple bud. At least that was what dole then known as the hawaiian pineapple company hoped she would do. Georgia okeeffe georgia okeeffe new mexico.
In 1939 georgia okeeffe was commissioned by the dole company to visit th the territory of hawaii and create two paintings that could be used in their advertising campaign. The images she made are currently on view at new york botanical garden and. On january 30 1939 she set out from her home in new york city by train to san francisco california and then headed across the pacific ocean on the ss lurline.
In 1939 fruit production giant dole sent georgia okeeffe on a trip to hawaii to paint images for their ad campaigns. Georgia okeeffe and the dole pineapple plantation. Her trip was an all expenses paid working vacation courtesy of dole then called the hawaiian pineapple company which commissioned okeeffe.
Georgia okeeffe heliconia crabs claw ginger 1939 oil on canvas 19 x 16 in. Intrigued by the opportunity to paint tropical flora georgia okeeffe accepted an offer posed by the dole pineapple company to travel to hawaii and create paintings for an advertising campaign in 1939she visited maui oahu hawaii and kauai painting the islands dramatic gorges waterfalls and tropical flowers among them hibiscus with plumeria.