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Georgia O'Keeffe
Calla Lily for Alfred, 1927
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: okeeffe_CR587_calla-lily-for-alfred_786513.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Calla Lily for Alfred, 1927
Oil on canvas-covered board, 12 x 6 inches
CR No. 587
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw
1997.1.1
Oil on canvas-covered board, 12 x 6 inches
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw
1997.1.1
CR No. 587

Small vertical painting with lower 2/3 dominated by aerial view of a white calla lily flower, upper portion black and variations of grey.

CR No. 587

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Calla Lily for Alfred

Source of title: backing inscription 1.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Calla Lily with Black

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

Lily – White with Black

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

Calla Lily

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

Selected Exhibition Titles

Calla Lily, White with Black
Inaugural Exhibition, 1997, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe)

Calla Lily, White with Black
An Expanding Collection, 1998, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe)

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946....No signature" [notes inscriptions 1 and 3]. Abiquiú Notebooks notes inscription 1 and indicates, "N.F.S." (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Verso: "#11" (unidentified hand, graphite) Backing:

  1. "Calla Lily for alfred / 27" (graphite)
  2. OK {5star} (graphite)
  3. "Georgia O'Keeffe -- / Spring -- 1927" (Label: printed, The Intimate Gallery, black ink)
  4. "Calla Lily / White Petunia ( Note: White Petunia has a line strikethrough the middle.) /with Black / exhibition 1928" (Alfred Stieglitz, Label: printed, The Intimate Gallery, black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas-covered board

Estate of the artist, 1986; Eugene and Clare Thaw, Santa Fe, N.Mex., 1988 (Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

7

Other IDs

587, Catalogue Raisonné