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Georgia O'Keeffe
Palm Tree, 1976
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: okeeffe_CR1602_palm-tree_789842.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Palm Tree, 1976
Charcoal on paper, 17 3/8 x 27 3/4 inches
CR No. 1602
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.464
Charcoal on paper, 17 3/8 x 27 3/4 inches
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.464
CR No. 1602

The upper portion of a palm tree is visible on the left side of the paper. Several palm fronds extend from the tree and fill the paper. One particularly long charcoal mark sweeps across much of the canvas at a slight diagonal and helps to form the palm fronds.

CR No. 1602

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Palm Tree

Source of title: verso inscription 1.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Palm Tree at My Door, Antigua

Source of title: label printed by O'Keeffe (white).

General Remarks

Not recorded Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Watermark: Rampant lion with BERGISH GLADBACH in shield Inscriptions: Verso

  1. "Georgia O'Keeffe - 1976 / Palm Tree" (graphite)
  2. "#12" (unidentified hand, graphite) Backing: "Georgia O'Keeffe" (black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique

Drawing

Materials

Charcoal on paper

Extended Medium Description

Charcoal on moderately thick, beige, slightly textured laid paper; Watermark: Rampant lion with BERGISH GLADBACH in shield
(Source: Paper Survey researched by Judith C. Walsh and published in Lynes, 1999.)

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 7/2/2026

Source System ID

1058

Other IDs

1602, Catalogue Raisonné