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Georgia O'Keeffe Museum: Access O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe
Petunia, 1925
Courtesy of Denver Art Museum.
Image: okeeffe_CR489_petunia_863543.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Petunia, 1925
Oil on canvas, 20 x 10 inches
CR No. 489
Gift of the Hendrie sisters in memory of their father, Charles F. Hendrie (1966.44)
Oil on canvas, 20 x 10 inches
Collection:Denver Art Museum
Gift of the Hendrie sisters in memory of their father, Charles F. Hendrie (1966.44)
CR No. 489

Velvety purple petunias sit in a shiny green glass bottle. The arrangement sits against a white background that resembles draped fabric or crinkled paper.

CR No. 489

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Petunia

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

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Petunia & Glass Bottle

Alternate Title

Petunia and Glass Bottle

Source of title: Denver Art Museum.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Infor. from Miss O'Keeffe, 1946. . . . Painted 1925 (thinks 1925, but not sure), sold to Miss Marion Hendrie . . . . Note: Letter written to Miss Hendrie at above address returned –– left no forward address." Abiquiú Notebooks indicates, "Note: In green pickle bottle. Betty Pilkington." (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Lynes publication dates this work 1925. Denver Art Museum dates it 1924. (Source: Information provided for Access O'Keeffe by Denver Art Museum, 2025)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: "O'Keeffe" (white paint). Backing: 1. "Petunia & Glass Bottle – 1924 / by Georgia O'Keeffe / Canvas signed / on back of / picture." (Alfred Stieglitz, Label: printed, The Intimate Gallery, black ink) 2. "1928" [written in as year of exhibition on Label: printed, The Intimate Gallery printed label] (Alfred Stieglitz, Label: printed, The Intimate Gallery, black ink) 3. "For Marion Hendrie / Denver Col. / 7th & Washington St" (Alfred Stieglitz, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(An American Place, New York, NY); Marion Hendrie, Denver, Colorado, by 1946
(Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Last verified by current collection Oct 07 2025

Source System ID

8574

Other IDs

489, Catalogue Raisonné