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Oil on canvas, 19 x 16 inches
CR No. 973
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Gift of Jean Holmes McDonald
2009.2.1
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Large white bird of paradise flower surrounded by a background of purple, purple-grey and reddish-gray color.
CR No. 973
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
White Bird of Paradise
Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.
Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
White Bird of Paradise Flower
White Bird of Paradise Hawaii
General Remarks
Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam at Amer. Place, March 1946" [notes inscription 2]. Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977 indicates, "In Nov. 1977, painting was at Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City," See cat. no. 1924. (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Inscriptions: Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible Backing:
- "Georgia O'Keeffe" (Label: printed, O'Keeffe (white), black ink)
- "1. White Bird of Paradise Flower" (Label substitute: title cut from An American Place exhibition checklist)
- "White Bird of Paradise Hawaii" (Andrew Droth, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Oil Painting
Materials
Oil on canvas
2011–2012
2014
Honolulu Museum of Art
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
2018–2019
2019–2020
2020–2021
(Doris Bry, New York, NY)
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, 1976
Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977
Private Collection, Mission Hills, Kansas, 1977
Gift to Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 2009
(Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 2026)
© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Version History
Core fields last updated 10/15/2026
Last verified by current collection
Source System ID
1148
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