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Georgia O'Keeffe
White Place in Shadow, 1941
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Georgia O'Keeffe
White Place in Shadow, 1941
Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches
CR No. 1027
L.2004.33.1
Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches
Collection:Private Collection
L.2004.33.1
CR No. 1027

Tall, chimney-shaped white cliffs rise on either side of the narrow composition. The cliffs form a V-shape, revealing an expanse of clear blue sky at the center of the image.

CR No. 1027

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

White Place in Shadow

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

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

The White Place In Shadow

General Remarks

Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Exam. at Georgia O'Keeffe apartment, May 3, 1946." Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977 indicates, "Sold Feb. 23, 1969." Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks associate cat. no. 996 as no. 5 in 1943 New York (An American Place) exhibition, but that work was painted in 1940 and sold to Duncan Phillips in 1941. Backing inscription 2 dates 1940. Dated 1941 on basis of Stieglitz–O'Keeffe correspondence. See cat. nos. 1028, 1063, 1064, 1939. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: "B" (unidentified hand, graphite) Verso: inaccessible Backing:

  1. "White Place / in Shadow" (Andrew Droth, graphite)
  2. "1940" (graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 4/22/2026

Source System ID

595

Other IDs

1027, Catalogue Raisonné