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Georgia O'Keeffe
Dark Tree Trunks, 1946
Courtesy of Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR1152_dark-tree-trunks_863513.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Dark Tree Trunks, 1946
Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches
CR No. 1152
Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe
Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches
Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe
CR No. 1152

Smooth, gray tree trunks emerge from a tan strip of earth. An unseen light source illuminates the frontmost trunks, while the trunks in the middle and background are in shadow. Behind the trees is a plain blue background.

CR No. 1152

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Dark Tree Trunks

Source of title: backing inscriptions 1, 2, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

General Remarks

Not recorded Whitney Archive. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Backing:

  1. "Dark Tree Trunks 1950 {crossed out} 1946 (crossing out and '1946' by Doris Bry, black ink) / Oil/ 40 x 30 / Canvas / Baker 5837" (Label: printed, O'Keeffe (red-bordered), black ink)
  2. "Dark Tree Trunks. / 1946 4-950. 40 x 30 / Georgia O'Keeffe" (Doris Bry, black ink)
  3. "Spray Keck" (Doris Bry, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

The artist to Doris Bry, New York; Private collection, Dallas, Texas, 1969; Doris Bry, New York; The artist, 1971; Estate of the artist, 1986. (Source: Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Brooklyn Museum of Art

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 5/20/2026

Last verified by current collection 2025

Source System ID

10182

Other IDs

1152, Catalogue Raisonné

Conservation

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

Information provided for Access O'Keeffe by Brooklyn Museum of Art in 2025.

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

Good

CONDITION NARRATIVE

Both the painting and the original frame are in good, stable condition. The painting was installed in a new travel frame under glazing for loan. The travel frame was fabricated by the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum to have a profile that generally resembles the profile of the original rolled L-metal frame.