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Georgia O'Keeffe
Black Place III, 1944
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: okeeffe_CR1082_black-place-iii_786527.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Black Place III, 1944
Oil on canvas, 36 3/16 x 40 1/8 inches
CR No. 1082
Gift of The Burnett Foundation
2007.1.26
Oil on canvas, 36 3/16 x 40 1/8 inches
Gift of The Burnett Foundation
2007.1.26
CR No. 1082

Dark oil painting of dramatic zig-zag black crevice with veins of red in the grayish black on the bottom, white on the top, with an olive brown lightening bolt shape down the middle through the blackness.

CR No. 1082

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Black Place III

Source of title: backing inscription 1, Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Black Place – III

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

Black Place No. III

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place" [notes inscription 2]. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Stretcher: Inaccessible Verso: inaccessible Backing: 1."Black Place III / 1944 / Oil / 36 x 40 / Canvas / O'Keeffe has negative:" (Label: printed, O'Keeffe (red-bordered), black ink) 2. "Black Place - III" (Andrew Droth, Label: printed, An American Place exhibition, black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Estate of the artist, 1986
Private collection, 1987
The Burnett Foundation, Fort Worth, Tex., 1999
Gift to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 2007
(Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 2026)

Credits & Rights

© Private Collection*

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 4/22/2026

Source System ID

136

Other IDs

1082, Catalogue Raisonné