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Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches
CR No. 1283
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A tan adobe wall, seen from an angle, stretches across the canvas. A rectangular black form interrupts the smooth expanse of the adobe. The black form denotes a door set within the wall. A small triangle of gray sky is visible on the upper left corner of the composition.
CR No. 1283
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Black Patio Door
Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks, Downtown Gallery Archive, Whitney Archive in 1969.
General Remarks
Stretcher inscription indicates preparation of support. Titled Black Patio Door by O'Keeffe on Abiquiú Notebooks photograph. (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Stretcher:
- "Frame B" (cardboard stretcher, graphite)
- "1/16/53 / '/dead / 1/2glue OK" (graphite)
- "30 x 40 / [drawing of rectangle] / Box 36 / #1" (unidentified hand, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Oil Painting
Materials
Oil on canvas
1957
1957–1958
1958
1958
1959
1963
1966
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFA H)
2011–2012
2014–2016
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Art Museum of South Texas
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
Tacoma Art Museum
2017–2020
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Reynolda House Museum of American Art
Peabody Essex Museum (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Art, Image, Style)
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Wichita Art Museum (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Art, Image, Style)
Nevada Museum of Art
Norton Museum of Art
2018–2019
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
North Carolina Museum of Art
New Britain Museum of American Art
© Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Version History
Core fields last updated 8/26/2026
Last verified by current collection
Source System ID
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