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Oil on panel, 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches
CR No. 417
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Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.97
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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
2003–2004
2013–2014
Hyde Collection Art Museum
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
2016
2019–2020
2020–2021
2024–2025
San Diego Museum of Art
Albuquerque Museum
Musee Des Beaux-Arts Montreal
Museum of Fine Arts (MFA Boston)
Estate of the artist, 1986
Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation, 1993
Gift to Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, 2006
(Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 2025)
© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Version History
Core fields last updated 8/26/2026
Last verified by current collection May 07 2025
Source System ID
1000
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