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Oil on canvas, 8 x 6 inches
CR No. 300
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L.1998.10.1
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Small vertical oil of single reddish orange flower with open petals on a stalk with other closed buds in a background of green and teal.
CR No. 300
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Red Canna
Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks, backing inscription 2.
Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Cannas
General Remarks
Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Infor. from Miss O'Keeffe, 1936 [should be 1946]: 'Red Canna' painted 1920, 7 x 7, in exh. at Anderson Gals, 1924 (not listed in catalogue), sold to Mrs. Herbert Fleischaker.... Letter from Mr. Herbert Fleischaker. 'I am sorry to state that Mrs. Fleischaker gave these pictures away years ago and therefore cannot be of assistance to you.'" Reproduction in auction catalogue, 1969, confused with cat. no. 302. Backing inscription dates 1919. Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks date 1920. Dated 1919 on basis of backing inscription and similarities to cat. nos. 296–99. Pictured in 1923 New York (Anderson) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 15. (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Verso: inaccessible Backing:
- "Georgia O'Keeffe 1919" (black ink)
- "Red Canna— 1919 / by / Georgia O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, Label: printed, The Intimate Gallery, black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Oil Painting
Materials
Oil on canvas
1997–1998
1998–1999
2003–2004
2007–2008
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
High Museum of Art
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
(Alfred Stieglitz, New York, N.Y.)
Mrs. Herbert Fleischaker, San Francisco, Calif., 1920s
__________ unknown
(William Zierler, Inc., New York, N.Y.)
Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, N.Y., Inc., sale no. 2914, lot no. 93, 22 October 1969
ACA Galleries, New York, N.Y., 1969
(William Zierler, Inc., New York, N.Y.)
Private collection, New York, N.Y., 1969
(William Zierler, Inc., New York, N.Y.)
Private collection, New York, N.Y., 1971
Christie's, New York, N.Y., sale no. 5238, lot no. 194, 3 December 1982, no sale
(Joanie Gordon, Los Angeles, Calif.)
(Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, N.Mex.) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Version History
Core fields last updated 6/10/2026
Last verified by current collection
Source System ID
107
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