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Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches
CR No. 1152
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Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe
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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:
- "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) - "Dark Tree Trunks. / 1946 4-950. 40 x 30 / Georgia O'Keeffe" (Doris Bry, black ink)
- "Spray Keck" (Doris Bry, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Oil Painting
Materials
Oil on canvas
2011–2012
None (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Retrospective)
None (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Retrospective)
None (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Retrospective)
2001–2002
National Museum of Women in the Arts (as Places of their Own: Emily Carr, Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo)
McMichael Canadian Art Collection (as Places of their Own: Emily Carr, Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo)
Vancouver Art Gallery (as Places of their Own: Emily Carr, Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo)
New Mexico Museum of Art (as Places of their Own: Emily Carr, Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo)
2003–2004
2021–2022
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza (as Georgia O'Keeffe: The Painter's Lens)
Centre Georges Pompidou (as Georgia O'Keeffe: The Painter's Lens)
Fondation Beyeler (as Georgia O'Keeffe: The Painter's Lens)
2017–2020
Brooklyn Museum of Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
Reynolda House Museum of American Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
Peabody Essex Museum (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
The Cleveland Museum of Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
Wichita Art Museum (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
Nevada Museum of Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
Norton Museum of Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
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)
© Brooklyn Museum of Art
Version History
Core fields last updated 5/20/2026
Last verified by current collection 2025
Source System ID
10182
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Conservation
Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.Information provided for Access O'Keeffe by Brooklyn Museum of Art in 2025.
Good
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.
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