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Georgia O'Keeffe
Series I, No. 12, 1920
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: okeeffe_CR311_series-i-no-12_786495.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Series I, No. 12, 1920
Oil on canvas, 20 1/8 x 17 1/4 inches
CR No. 311
Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
1997.5.13
Oil on canvas, 20 1/8 x 17 1/4 inches
Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
1997.5.13
CR No. 311

Vertical abstract canvas. Whitish mostly with hues of greenish blue over the flatness of the surface. In lower left corner a sharp black streak, and in the lower right other angular black, blue, and reddish formations. In the upper right a black-reddish streak. These intrusions are all small in proportion to the blank and shallowness of the space.

CR No. 311

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Series I, No. 12

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Series I – No. 12

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 18, 1946....No signature [note of backing inscription 3 but identified as by O'Keeffe]. In exhibition at Anderson Gals, Jan.–Feb. 1923. See gallery photograph 4–h. " Pictured in 1923 New York (Anderson) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 15. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Backing:

  1. OK {5star} (graphite)
  2. "Inner frame for glass separation is on ceiling" (white label, black ink)
  3. "Series I - No. 12 - 1920 / by Georgia O'Keeffe" [all within oval] (Alfred Stieglitz, black crayon)
  4. "An American Place 509 Madison Ave N.Y." (Andrew Droth, graphite)
  5. "Series I - No. 12 - 1920 / by - Georgia O'Keeffe" (Andrew Droth, Label: printed, An American Place, black ink)
  6. Label: handwritten, "An American Place' / 509 Madison Ave —Room 1710 / (S.E. corner 53rd St) — New York"1
  7. "Box 19 / on 4" (Doris Bry, 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 5/20/2026

Source System ID

43

Other IDs

311, Catalogue Raisonné