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Georgia O'Keeffe
Tan, Orange, Yellow, Lavender, 1959–1960
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: okeeffe_CR1417_tan-orange-yellow-lavender_786554.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Tan, Orange, Yellow, Lavender, 1959–1960
Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches
CR No. 1417
Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
1997.5.17
Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches
Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
1997.5.17
CR No. 1417

Canvas on mostly fiery orange, reddish and pink. Arial view of riverbed winding through the landscape, but abstracted to the point that the sinuous lines could be that of a tree.

CR No. 1417

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Tan, Orange, Yellow, Lavender

Source of title: backing inscription, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks, Whitney Archive in 1969 indicates "Seen in N.Y. warehouse, OK coll. 3/30/70."

General Remarks

Whitney Archive in 1969 indicates, "Seen in N.Y. warehouse, OK coll. 3/30/70. Notes made." Titled Tan–Orange, Yellow, Lavender by O'Keeffe on Abiquiú Notebooks photograph. Backing inscription dates 1959, 1960. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible Backing: "Tan, Orange, Yellow, lavender / 1960 / 1959 ('1959' by Doris Bry, black ink) / Oil / 36 x 30 / Canvas" (Label: printed, O'Keeffe (red-bordered), blue 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 4/22/2026

Source System ID

47

Other IDs

1417, Catalogue Raisonné