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Georgia O'Keeffe
Lavender Iris, 1951
Image: okeeffe_CR1225_lavender-iris_794168.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Lavender Iris, 1951
Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches
CR No. 1225
Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 1225

A pale purple iris with a yellow center blooms in front of a softly shaded white and pale pink background. Thin, bright green leaves stand behind the flower.

CR No. 1225

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Lavender Iris

Source of title: backing inscription 2, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks, Whitney Archive in 1969.

General Remarks

Backing inscription, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks, Whitney Archive in 1969 date 1952. Dated 1951 on basis of a letter from O'Keeffe in which she indicates that she preferred to send this work to the 1952 Palm Beach exhibition rather than another painting of the same subject, see Appendix II, no. 126: "I have a better one in the vault that you can have by the time she will need it and the same title will do if you leave the date off" (O'Keeffe to Edith Halpert, 24 November 1951, Archive of American Art). (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible Backing:

  1. "Georgia O'Keeffe" (black ink)
  2. "Lavender Iris— 52" (graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 5/20/2026

Source System ID

10263

Other IDs

1225, Catalogue Raisonné