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Georgia O'Keeffe
Bella Donna, 1939
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Bella Donna, 1939
Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x 30 1/8 inches
CR No. 966
Extended loan, private collection
L.1997.3.3
Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x 30 1/8 inches
Extended loan, private collection
L.1997.3.3
CR No. 966

Two large swirling white flowers, one atop the other. The interior of the bottom flower is visible, yet the top flower is tilted upward hiding its center. The two flowers fill the majority of the canvas, with a sliver of blue - perhaps an ocean horizon line along the top.

CR No. 966

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Bella Donna

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Datura – Hawaii

Belladonna – Hāna

Selected Exhibition Titles

Belladonna Hāna (Two Jimson Weeds)
Inaugural Exhibition, 1997, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe)

Belladonna Hāna (Two Jimson Weeds)
An Expanding Collection, 1998, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe)

Belladonna, Hāna (Two Jimson Weeds)
Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things, 1999, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe)

General Remarks

Not recorded Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive. Abiquiú Notebooks notes backing inscription. Titled Two Jimson Weeds Bella Donna Hāna by O'Keeffe in Georgia O'Keeffe (1978). This flower closely resembles the Jimson Weed O'Keeffe depicted in the 1930s, see cat. nos. 785, 815, 994. By 1979, O'Keeffe's vision was poor, which may explain why she mistitled the painting in her book. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible Backing: "An American Place' / 509 Madison Ave. - N.Y. / Ditura - Hawaii / (1938) / by Georgia O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Anita O'Keeffe (Mrs. Robert R.) Young, Newport, R.I., 1970s Estate of Anita O'Keeffe (Mrs. Robert R.) Young, 1985 Robert R. Young Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1985 Sotheby's, New York, N.Y., sale no. 5658, lot no. 8, 3 December 1987 (Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe., N.Mex.) (Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

101

Other IDs

966, Catalogue Raisonné