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Georgia O'Keeffe
Patio Door with Green Leaf, 1956
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: okeeffe_CR1292_patio-door-with-green-leaf_786542.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Patio Door with Green Leaf, 1956
Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches
CR No. 1292
Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
1997.4.14
Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches
Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
1997.4.14
CR No. 1292

Abstract architectural adobe wall in earth tones that dominates most of the canvas. There is a large door shape in black on the right, and a sliver of blue sky above. Floating mid- canvas is a small greenish-yellow leaf delicately suspended in the color of the adobe.

CR No. 1292

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Patio Door with Green Leaf

Source of title: backing inscription 1, Downtown Gallery Archive, Whitney Archive in 1969.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Patio with Green Leaf

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

General Remarks

Stretcher inscription indicates preparation of support. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Stretcher: "1/16/53/Lead 1/2 /Zinc 1/2" (graphite) Backing: "Patio Door with Green Leaf / 1956 / oil / 36 x 30 /canvas" (Label: printed, O'Keeffe (red-bordered), black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

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)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 4/16/2026

Source System ID

28

Other IDs

1292, Catalogue Raisonné