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Georgia O'Keeffe
Abstraction with Curve and Circle, 1915–1916, 1916
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Abstraction with Curve and Circle, 1915–1916, 1916
Charcoal on paper, 23 3/4 x 18 3/8 inches
CR No. 60
Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
1997.5.3
Charcoal on paper, 23 3/4 x 18 3/8 inches
Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
1997.5.3
CR No. 60

Vertical charcoal drawing on paper with curving lines that sweep from top right to bottom lower left. One quite small dark half moon shape in middle right, while other shades are lighter greyish.

CR No. 60

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Abstraction with Curve and Circle

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977.

General Remarks

Not recorded Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive. Inscription dates 1916. Dated. c. 1915/1916 on basis of Stieglitz–O'Keeffe correspondence. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Verso: "Georgia O'Keeffe--1916" (graphite) Backing: "Georgia O'Keeffe" (black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Drawing

Materials

Charcoal on paper

Extended Medium Description

Charcoal on medium thick, cream, moderately textured laid paper; Watermark: INGRES PMF (ITALIA)
(Source: Paper Survey researched by Judith C. Walsh and published in Lynes, 1999.)

The Burnett Foundation, (partial share); The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation, 1993; Estate of the artist, 1986 (Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

33

Other IDs

60, Catalogue Raisonné