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Georgia O'Keeffe
The Beyond, 1972
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: okeeffe_CR1581_the-beyond_786559.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
The Beyond, 1972
Oil on canvas, 30 1/16 x 40 3/16 inches
CR No. 1581
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.460
Oil on canvas, 30 1/16 x 40 3/16 inches
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.460
CR No. 1581

The lower third of this piece is covered by a broad band of black. The upper portion of the canvas is filled with several variations of blue; however, a thin stripe of white bisects the blues horizontally.

CR No. 1581

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

The Beyond

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

General Remarks

O'Keeffe's last unassisted oil painting. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible Backing:

  1. "Georgia O'Keeffe" (black ink)
  2. "Last one / Not A" (graphite)
  3. "Black and Blue" (Juan Hamilton, black ink) (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 5/20/2026

Source System ID

1057

Other IDs

1581, Catalogue Raisonné