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Pastel on paper, 20 x 16 inches
CR No. 259
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Gift of The Burnett Foundation
2007.1.11
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Vertical pastel of rich blue and green tones in bulbous, rounded shapes. At the bottom center rises a small yellow light-bulb shape, hooded and surrounded by greenish white and blue. Above this symmetrically on either side of a deep blue center are two sets of large green rounded shapes that fan upwards and outwards. In the middle is an ogre arch shape in blue, with a very dark blackish center.
CR No. 259
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Blue Flower
Source of title: verso inscription.
General Remarks
Not recorded Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks. Dated 1918 on basis of inscription; completed after June move to New York. (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Inscriptions: Verso: "Blue Flower - 1918 / Georgia O'Keeffe" (graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Pastel
Materials
Pastel on paper
Extended Medium Description
Pastel on moderately thick, white, slightly textured laid paper mounted to grey cardboard
(Source: Paper Survey researched by Judith C. Walsh and published in Lynes, 1999.)
1999–2000
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (as Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things)
Dallas Museum of Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things)
2009–2010
Whitney Museum of American Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction)
The Phillips Collection (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction)
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction)
2013–2014
Hyde Collection Art Museum (as Modern Nature: Georgia O'Keeffe and Lake George)
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (as Modern Nature: Georgia O'Keeffe and Lake George)
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (as Modern Nature: Georgia O'Keeffe and Lake George)
1997–1998
1998–1999
2000
Estate of the artist, 1986 (Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum)
© Private Collection*
Version History
Core fields last updated 3/30/2026
Last verified by current collection
Source System ID
164
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