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Charcoal on paper, 21 7/8 x 14 1/2 inches
CR No. 831
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Gift of The Burnett Foundation
1997.6.27
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Horizontal charcoal drawing of hanging banana flower from the top of the page. Some partially opening leaves curl upward, but mostly closed pointing down. Looks similar to an artichoke.
CR No. 831
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Banana Flower No. II
Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.
Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Drawing, Banana Flower
Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.
Banana Flower
Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.
General Remarks
Not recorded Whitney Archive. See cat. no. 830. (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Verso: inaccessible (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Drawing
Materials
Charcoal on paper
Extended Medium Description
Charcoal on moderately thick cream, slightly textured wove paper
(Source: Paper Survey researched by Judith C. Walsh and published in Lynes, 1999.)
2003–2004
1994–1995
2024–2025
San Diego Museum of Art (as O'Keeffe and Moore)
Albuquerque Museum (as O'Keeffe and Moore)
Musee Des Beaux-Arts Montreal (as O'Keeffe and Moore)
Museum of Fine Arts (MFA Boston) (as O'Keeffe and Moore)
2026–2027
1997–1998
(Doris Bry, New York, N.Y.)
Dr. Milton Gardner, New York, N.Y., 1973
(Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, N.Y.)
Private collection, Excelsior, Minn., 1982
Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, N.Mex., 1989
Private collection, Aspen, Colo., 1989
Christie's, New York, N.Y., sale no. 7082, lot no. 210, 23 May 1990, no sale
(Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, N.Mex. and Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, N.Y.)
Private collection, New York, N.Y., 1992
(Mitchell-Innes and Nash Gallery, New York, N.Y.)
The Burnett Foundation, Fort Worth, Tex., 1996
Gift to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 1997
(Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 2026)
© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Version History
Core fields last updated 4/22/2026
Last verified by current collection
Source System ID
57
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