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Georgia O'Keeffe
The Barns, Lake George, 1926
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: okeeffe_CR523_the-barns-lake-george_786509.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
The Barns, Lake George, 1926
Oil on canvas, 21 x 32 ¼ inches
CR No. 523
Museum Purchase
2016.3.1
Oil on canvas, 21 x 32 ¼ inches
Museum Purchase
2016.3.1
CR No. 523

O'Keeffe⠡n abstract composition of interlocking cubes and triangles across the surface of the canvas clearly delineates the forms of the barns, even the specific details of a broken window. Sectional views of three barns with pitched roofs, overcast sky with clouds in background, abstracted foreground of green and white.

CR No. 523

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

The Barns, Lake George

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

The Barns – Lake George

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

The Side Of The Barn, No. I

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Lake George Barns

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946. . . . No signature. On backing title and date as above [The Barns, Lake George]. Side of slate grey barn with two small white windows. At left, end of another grey barn & end of small red building. Foreground pale green." (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

signed with initials ‘OK’ in artist’s star device (on a piece of original backing affixed to the stretcher) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

[With]The Downtown Gallery, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Lurie, New York, acquired from the above, 1946
Private collection, by descent. [With]Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 1974
Private collection, Shelburne, Vermont, acquired from the above, 1974
William Beadelston, Inc., New York and James Maroney, Inc., New York, 1983
Private collection, Sands Point, New York, 1985
James Graham & Sons, Inc., New York and James Maroney, Inc., New York, 1992
The Artist Group, Ltd., New York, 1993
Private collection, Millbrook, New York, acquired from the above, 1993
Sotheby’s, New York, 28 November 2001, lot 130, sold by the above
Private Collection, 2001
Sotheby’s, New York, 19 May 2016, live auction 12163, The Collection of Kippy Stroud
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum purchase, 2016
(Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 2026)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 7/22/2026

Source System ID

7735

Other IDs

523, Catalogue Raisonné