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Oil on canvas, 20 x 9 inches
CR No. 585
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Westheimer Family Collection
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A white calla lily attached to a bright green stem spirals in on itself. The yellow tones in the curved stem contrast with the bluish, veined leaf that stretches across the narrow canvas. Behind the plant is a purplish-gray, plain background.
CR No. 585
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Calla Lily
Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.
Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Lily – Yellow No. 2
Alternate Title
Calla Lily (Lily – Yellow No. 2)
Source of title: Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
General Remarks
Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Sold to Paul J. Sachs . . . . Postcard from Mr. Sach's secretary, May 1946: 'The Georgia O'Keeffe formerly in Mr. Sach's collection he gave some years ago to Mrs. Edward W. Forbes. I do not know, but I imagine it is still in her collection.'" (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Oil Painting
Materials
Oil on canvas
2011–2012
[The Intimate Gallery, New York, by 1928; sold to Sachs]; Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (from 1928; given to Forbes); Margaret Laighton (Mrs. Edward W.) Forbes, Cambridge, MA (before 1946-d. 1966); her husband Edward Waldo Forbes, Cambridge, MA (1966-d. 1969); [Doris Meltzer Gallery, New York, about 1970]; [Andrew Crispo Gallery, Inc, New York, 1972-about 1983; sold to private collection]; Private collection, New York (before 1986); [Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, by 1986; Stock Number: B-5936-0; sold to Westheimer]; Jerome M. Westheimer, Ardmore, OK (1986-d. 2004; his bequest to OKCMOA)(Source: OKCMOA, 2025)
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Version History
Core fields last updated 10/27/2026
Last verified by current collection Oct 12 2025
Source System ID
8655
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