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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) (Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/4/2026

Source System ID

28

Other IDs

1292, Catalogue Raisonné