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Georgia O'Keeffe
Black Lava Bridge, Hāna Coast – No. 2, 1939
Courtesy of Honolulu Museum of Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR977_black-lava-bridge-hana-coast-no-2_858492.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Black Lava Bridge, Hāna Coast – No. 2, 1939
Oil on canvas, 6 x 10 inches
CR No. 977
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation, 1994 (7893.1)
Oil on canvas, 6 x 10 inches
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation, 1994 (7893.1)
CR No. 977

Rough black lava cliffs loom over foamy, blue, and white waves. Two small holes in the cliffs reveal glimpses of distant ocean. A clouded white sky hangs overhead.

CR No. 977

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Black Lava Bridge, Hāna Coast – No. 2

Source of title: Whitney Archive.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Black Lava Bridge, Hāna Coast – No. II

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Black Lava Bridge Hāna Coast #2

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Black Lava Bridge Hāna Coast, No. II

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title

Black Lava Bridge, Hāna Coast, No. II

Source of title: Honolulu Museum of Art.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946 Nothing on back but similar subject of Black Lava Bridge, Hanna Coast No. 1. This is probably No. 2." (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
(Source: Honolulu Museum of Art, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Honolulu Museum of Art

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 10/15/2026

Last verified by current collection Sep 03 2025

Source System ID

8927

Other IDs

977, Catalogue Raisonné

Conservation

Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.
REPORT NOTES

Published with corresponding artwork entry in Georgia O’Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné (Lynes, 1999), this historical conservation information documents treatment decisions made during the artist’s lifetime. Lynes quotes information found on backing labels, and, when noted, from other sources.

CONDITION NARRATIVE

"Sprayed by Mrs. Keck spring 1948 with butyl methacrylate polymer" (Keck typed label); "October 1962 Co-Polymer Iso and N-Butyl Methacrylate 1913" (Fine Arts Conservation Laboratories typed label).