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Georgia O'Keeffe
Alligator Pears, 1923
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: okeeffe_CR417_alligator-pears_786503.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Alligator Pears, 1923
Oil on panel, 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches
CR No. 417
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.97
Oil on panel, 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.97
CR No. 417

Two green pears rest on top of green fabric. The tops of the pears point toward the lower left corner, and the upper pear lies slightly behind the lower pear. Behind the fabric, much of the background is white; however, the background visible in the two upper corners is black.

CR No. 417

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Alligator Pears

Source of title: 1924 New York (Anderson) checklist.

General Remarks

Not recorded Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiu Notebooks. Pictured in Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 26, Orientation based on installation photograph. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Lynes publication lists medium as 'Oil on board', Georgia O'Keeffe museum has changed this to 'Oil on panel' based on examination by conservator Dale Kronkright (May, 2013) determining that the painting is on a wood panel support instead of on board.(Source: O'Keeffe Museum, 2025)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on panel

Estate of the artist, 1986
Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation, 1993
Gift to Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, 2006
(Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 8/26/2026

Last verified by current collection May 07 2025

Source System ID

1000

Other IDs

417, Catalogue Raisonné