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Georgia O'Keeffe
In the Patio III, 1948
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: okeeffe_CR1160_in-the-patio-iii_789825.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
In the Patio III, 1948
Oil on canvas, 18 x 30 inches
CR No. 1160
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.204
Oil on canvas, 18 x 30 inches
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.204
CR No. 1160

The painting conveys a simplified rendering of a patio. A light brown stripe runs along the lower portion of the scene. The building is painted in a slightly darker brown, while a square opening in the center of the building is an even deeper shade of brown. A strip of blue sky parallels the upper edge of the canvas.

CR No. 1160

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

In the Patio III

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

General Remarks

Whitney Archive in 1969 indicates, "Seen in N.Y. warehouse, O'Keeffe, 3/26/70. Notes & sketch." "I wish you would send me that In the Patio III that you had color plate made from. I would like to repaint it" (O'Keeffe to Edith Halpert, 17 February 1955, Archive of American Art). (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible Backing:

  1. "13 In the Patio III. 1948" ['1948' typed in] (Label substitute: title cut from An American Place exhibition checklist)
  2. "Return to" (Doris Bry, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Estate of the artist, 1986
Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation, 1993
Gift to Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, 2006
(Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 5/19/2026

Source System ID

1037

Other IDs

1160, Catalogue Raisonné