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Georgia O'Keeffe
From The White Place, 1940
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Georgia O'Keeffe
From The White Place, 1940
Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
CR No. 996
Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
CR No. 996

Two dark purple figs with green stems sit on a white surface, one upright and the other on its side. The surface and the background appear as though formed of draped fabric or crinkled paper.

CR No. 996

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

From The White Place

Source of title: backing inscription 1.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

White Place In Shadow

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

The White Place In Shadow

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Painted 1942. Sold to Duncan Phillips." Backing inscription dates 1940. Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks date 1942. Downtown Gallery Archive dates 1940. Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977 dates 194.0. Dated 1940 on basis of backing inscription 1, 1941 purchase date, inclusion in 1941 New York (An American Place) exhibition, and Stieglitz—O'Keeffe correspondence. Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks associate work with no. Sin 1943 New York (An American Place) exhibition, but work was purchased in 1941, and included in 1941 exhibition as no. 8. Reproduced and titled White Place in Shadow in Time (May 194–6); The White Place in Shadow in New York Herald Tribune (May 1946). See cat. no. 1939. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher:

  1. "S. Halpern" (unidentified hand, graphite) Backing:
  2. "Georgia O'Keeffe / Summer 1940 / From the White Place" (black ink)
  3. {6star}(black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 8/26/2026

Source System ID

589

Other IDs

996, Catalogue Raisonné