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Georgia O'Keeffe
Red Apple on Blue Plate, 1921
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Red Apple on Blue Plate, 1921
Oil on canvas, 14 x 16 inches
CR No. 348
Oil on canvas, 14 x 16 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 348

A bright red apple sits on a warped blue and white plate. The plate rests on a brown and gray surface.

CR No. 348

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Red Apple on Blue Plate

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Still Life

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Selected Exhibition Titles

Still Life with Apple
Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things, 1999, The Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.)

General Remarks

Double entries Downtown Gallery Archive. Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Exam. at Mrs. Liebman's apartment, Jan. 1946. . . . No signature. Title given by Rosalind Irvine. Owned by Mrs. Charles J. Liebman. Painted 1921. See gallery photo 1–b (from memory –– check with Liebman ptg. or photo.)" Abiquiú Notebooks indicates, "Back: O'K: 'Red Apple, Blue Plate,' 1921. Initials in circle" [not verified]. Pictured in 1923 New York (Anderson) Stieglitz installation photographs, see Appendix III, figures 12, 20. Titled Red Apple on Black Plate by O'Keeffe on Abiquiú Notebooks photograph. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(Alfred Stieglitz, New York, NY); Mrs. Charles J. Liebman, New York, NY, 1946; Descended in family; Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, NY, sale no. 1633, lot no. 46, 7 December 1955; Private collection, New York, NY, 1955; Private collection, New York, NY, bequest, 1963; Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, NY, sale no. 5189, lot no. 73, 30 May 1984; (Citibank Art Advisory Service, New York, NY) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 10/29/2026

Source System ID

8449

Other IDs

348, Catalogue Raisonné