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Georgia O'Keeffe
Untitled (Tree), Beverly Spiral Sketchbook, 1929–1930
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.
Image: okeeffe_CR1851_untitled-tree-beverly-spiral-sketchbook_801458.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Untitled (Tree), Beverly Spiral Sketchbook, 1929–1930
Graphite on paper, 4 7/8 x 3 7/8 inches
CR No. 1851
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.675c
Graphite on paper, 4 7/8 x 3 7/8 inches
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.675c
CR No. 1851

Four vertical lines from top to bottom of the paper, creating a tree trunk. Numbers 1 through 6 are labeled on the paper with collating color choices.

CR No. 1851

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Untitled (Tree), Beverly Spiral sketchbook

Source of title: image.

General Remarks

Not recorded Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks. See cat. nos. 683–85, 745, Appendix II, no. 99. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Recto: " 1/2/3/4/5/6 1 hottest golden brown/ 2 ochre very light/ 3 Ochre darker/ 4 ochre blackish/ 5 grey and green/ 6 hottest" (graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Drawing

Materials

Graphite on paper

Extended Medium Description

Graphite on medium thick, cream, slightly textured wove paper
(Source: Paper Survey researched by Judith C. Walsh and published in Lynes, 1999.)

Estate of the artist, 1986 (Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/4/2026

Source System ID

1351

Other IDs

1851, Catalogue Raisonné