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Georgia O'Keeffe
Banana Flower No. II, 1934
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: okeeffe_CR831_banana-flower-no-ii_789904.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Banana Flower No. II, 1934
Charcoal on paper, 21 7/8 x 14 1/2 inches
CR No. 831
Gift of The Burnett Foundation
1997.6.27
Charcoal on paper, 21 7/8 x 14 1/2 inches
Gift of The Burnett Foundation
1997.6.27
CR No. 831

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.)

(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)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 4/22/2026

Source System ID

57

Other IDs

831, Catalogue Raisonné