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Georgia O'Keeffe
Calla Lily Turned Away, 1923
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: okeeffe_CR423_calla-lily-turned-away_790066.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Calla Lily Turned Away, 1923
Pastel on paper, 14 x 10 7/8 inches
CR No. 423
Gift of The Burnett Foundation
1997.18.2
Pastel on paper, 14 x 10 7/8 inches
Gift of The Burnett Foundation
1997.18.2
CR No. 423

Small vertical pastel of white oval shaped calla lily flower with a green stem and single leaf featured in the center over a grayish-white background. The direction of the flower spirals away from the picture plain, hence suggesting a turning away from the viewer.

CR No. 423

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Calla Lily Turned Away

Source of title: backing inscription 1.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Calla

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

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946." Abiquiú Notebooks notes backing inscriptions 1–3. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Backing:

  1. "Calla Lily Turned Away" (graphite)
  2. OK {5star} (graphite)
  3. "Georgia O'Keeffe - / 1923" (black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique

Pastel

Materials

Pastel on paper

(The Intimate Gallery, New York, N.Y.) Mitchell Kennerley, New York, N.Y., 1928 (An American Place, New York, N.Y.), return, 1931 The artist, 1946 Estate of the artist, 1986 Private collection, 1987 The Burnett Foundation, Fort Worth, Tex., 1996 (Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

103

Other IDs

423, Catalogue Raisonné