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Watercolor on paper, Japanese gampi*, 15 7/8 x 10 15/16 inches
CR No. 93
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Dick S. Ramsay Fund
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Two blue, semicircular forms arch one over the other. Strips of blue paint run diagonally over the lower right corner of the composition. The shapes sit against plain, exposed white paper.
CR No. 93
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Blue No. III
Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.
Alternate Title
Blue #3
Source of title: Brooklyn Museum.
Selected Exhibition Titles
Blue #3
Georgia O'Keeffe: Art, Image, Style, 2017, Peabody Essex Museum (Salem)
General Remarks
Not recorded Whitney Archive. Abiquiú Notebooks indicates lost inscription, "Back: O'K: 'No. 3'" [No. 3 is Downtown Gallery inventory number.] Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977 indicates, "Sold by Halpert, April 1958." Completed in Virginia before August move to Texas. See cat. nos. 91, 92, 94. (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Watercolor
Materials
Watercolor on paper, Japanese gampi*
Extended Medium Description
Watercolor on very thin, beige, very smooth laid paper, Japanese gampi
(Source: Paper Survey researched by Judith C. Walsh and published in Lynes, 1999.)
1970–1971
Whitney Museum of American Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
Art Institute of Chicago (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
1987–1989
National Gallery of Art (NGA) (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
Art Institute of Chicago (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
Dallas Museum of Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
2009–2010
Whitney Museum of American Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction)
The Phillips Collection (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction)
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction)
2017–2020
Brooklyn Museum of Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
Reynolda House Museum of American Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
Peabody Essex Museum (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
The Cleveland Museum of Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
Wichita Art Museum (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
Nevada Museum of Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
Norton Museum of Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
1958
Downtown Gallery (The) (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Watercolors, 1916–17)
Downtown Gallery (The) (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Watercolors, 1916–17)
2000
Until 1958 Downtown Gallery (The), New York, N.Y., then Purchased by Brooklyn Museum (The) (Source: Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2025)
© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Version History
Core fields last updated 3/30/2026
Last verified by current collection 2025
Source System ID
8288
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Conservation
Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.Information provided for Access O'Keeffe by Brooklyn Museum of Art in 2025.
Good
- Paper is heavily cockled and wrinkled.
- Brown inclusion on left.
- Thicker areas of paint have network cracking but are stable.
- Slightly darked areas on left and right edges that appear to be grime.
- There are scattered slightly brown inclusions scattered throughout the paper Frame is in very good condition with a minor scratch near the center of the top rail.
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