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Georgia O'Keeffe
Alligator Pears, 1923
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Alligator Pears, 1923
Oil on canvas, 11 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches
CR No. 419
L.1998.19.1
Oil on canvas, 11 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches
Collection:Private Collection
L.1998.19.1
CR No. 419

Small vertical canvas of two very green pears, placed in a bed of green folds. This artwork has Untitled (Lake George Landscape), ca. 1920 (cat. no. 332) on the back.

CR No. 419

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Alligator Pears

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks, 1924 New York (Anderson) exhibition checklist.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Green Pears – Alligator Pears

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Selected Exhibition Titles

Green Pears (Alligator Pears)
An Expanding Collection, 1998, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe)

General Remarks

Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Exam. at Paul Rosenfeld's apartment, Feb. 11, 1946....No signature. Two green avocado pears –– green background. Mr. Rosenfeld thinks about 1920 or 1921. Title given by Rosenfeld. Bought from Miss O'Keeffe. Owned Paul Rosenfeld painting an sold by them to Mr. Goldsmith. I don't remember the frame when I first saw it at Rosenfeld's apt. in 1946, but the difference in measurements may be due to reframing. It is a very handsome picture. Two large green avocado pears lying on folds of green drapery." Pictured in 1924 New York (Anderson) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 26. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Sretcher:

  1. O'Keeffe" (unidentified hand, black ink)
  2. "St"(George Of, graphite) Verso:
  3. another work, see cat. no. 332
  4. "Georgia O'Keeffe" (black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(Alfred Stieglitz, New York, N.Y.)
Paul Rosenfeld, New York, N.Y., 1920s
Estate of Paul Rosenfeld, 1946
Edna Bryner (Mrs. Arthur) Schwab, New York, N.Y., bequest, 1946
(The Downtown Gallery, New York, N.Y.)
Harold Goldsmith, New York, N.Y., 1946
The Downtown Gallery, New York, N.Y., 1959
Private collection, Syosset, N.Y., 1961
(Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, N.Y.) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

167

Other IDs

419, Catalogue Raisonné