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Georgia O'Keeffe
Patio with Black Door, 1955
Image: okeeffe_CR1280_patio-with-black-door_794792.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Patio with Black Door, 1955
Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches
CR No. 1280
Gift of the William H. Lane Foundation 
Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches
Gift of the William H. Lane Foundation 
CR No. 1280

An adobe wall, seen from a sharp angle, extends across the canvas. A square black door interrupts the smooth, light brown surface of the wall. A sliver of brown ground with pale steppingstones is visible below, while a small triangle of white sky appears overhead.

CR No. 1280

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Patio with Black Door

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

General Remarks

Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977 indicates, "Sold Downtown Gallery 1955." Stretcher inscriptions indicate preparation of support. Titled Patio with Black Door by O'Keeffe on Abiquiú Notebooks photograph. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher:

  1. "rabbit glue" (graphite)
  2. "30 x 40 [and drawing of rectangle]" (unidentified hand, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

April 21, 1955, sold by Downtown Gallery, New York (stock no. 216) to the William H. Lane Foundation, Leominster, MA [see note 1]; 1990, gift of the William H. Lane Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 18, 1990)

NOTES:
[1] Archives of American Art, Downtown Gallery Records, Series 4, Business Records: Sales Slips (1 of 2), 1955: Reel 5628 (Box 72), Frame 170.
(Source: MFA Boston, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Last verified by current collection Oct 06 2025

Source System ID

10162

Other IDs

1280, Catalogue Raisonné