Paintings raise nearly $19.5 million for Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

Posted: Nov 16, 2018 / 05:48 PM MST / Updated: Nov 16, 2018 / 05:48 PM MST

Two paintings have brought in big bucks for the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.

Sotheby’s Auction House in New York sold “A Street” and “Calla Lillies on Red” for nearly $19.5 million combined on Wednesday.

A third painting “Cottonwood Tree in Spring” will go up for auction Friday night. It’s expected to bring in more than $1.5 million.

The museum is selling the paintings so it can buy more O’Keeffe works.

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