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Pastel on paper, 20 1/4 x 9 inches
CR No. 602
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Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
1997.4.7
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Vertical extreme close-up pastel of the delicate inner folds of an iris flower. Palette of subtle grey-purples. Mostly abstract rendition of iris petals closing in on one another, with the darkest area in the lower right corner.
CR No. 602
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Dark Iris No. III
Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.
Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Dark Iris No. 3
Source of title: Whitney Archive.
Dark Iris, No. 3
Source of title: Whitney Archive.
Selected Exhibition Titles
Dark Iris III
Inaugural Exhibition, 1997, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe)
Dark Iris III
An Expanding Collection, 1998, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe)
General Remarks
Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. April 10, 1946....Pale –– abstract." Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks note backing inscription. Whitney Archive indicates, "Sold to Paul Rosenfeld. Note: The Picture is owned by Paul Rosenfeld....Lent by him to Mrs. Burton Emmett, when I examined it." (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Inscriptions: Verso: "Georgia O'Keeffe -- May 1927" (black ink) Backing: "Dark Iris, No. 3-1927 / by Georgia O'Keeffe / Handle with / CARE / Pastel]" (Alfred Stieglitz, Label: printed, The Intimate Gallery, black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Pastel
Materials
Pastel on paper
Extended Medium Description
Pastel on medium thick, cream, slightly textured wove paper mounted to grey cardboard, illustration board
(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)
1987–1989
National Gallery of Art (NGA) (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
Art Institute of Chicago (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
Dallas Museum of Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
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)
1928
Intimate Gallery (as O'Keeffe Exhibition)
Intimate Gallery (as O'Keeffe Exhibition)
1997–1998
1998–1999
2000
(The Intimate Gallery, New York, N.Y.)
Paul Rosenfeld, New York, N.Y., ca. 1928
Mrs. Burdon Emmett, New York, N.Y., loan, by 1946
Estate of Paul Rosenfeld, 1946
[. . .] Henry C. Fleming, New York, N.Y., unknown
Andrew Crispo Gallery, Inc., New York, N.Y., unknown
M. Knoedler, New York, N.Y., by 1968
The artist, purchase, 1969
Estate of the artist, 1986
The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation, Abiquiu, N.Mex., 1993
The Burnett Foundation, Fort Worth, Tex., 1996 (partial share)
Gift to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 1997
(Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 2026)
© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Version History
Core fields last updated 4/16/2026
Last verified by current collection
Source System ID
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