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Georgia O'Keeffe
Blue No. III, 1916
Courtesy of Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR93_blue-no-iii_863515.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Blue No. III, 1916
Watercolor on paper, Japanese gampi*, 15 7/8 x 10 15/16 inches
CR No. 93
Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Watercolor on paper, Japanese gampi*, 15 7/8 x 10 15/16 inches
Dick S. Ramsay Fund
CR No. 93

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.)

Until 1958 Downtown Gallery (The), New York, N.Y., then Purchased by Brooklyn Museum (The) (Source: Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Last verified by current collection 2025

Source System ID

8288

Other IDs

93, Catalogue Raisonné

Conservation

Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.
REPORT NOTES

Information provided for Access O'Keeffe by Brooklyn Museum of Art in 2025.

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

Good

CONDITION NARRATIVE
  • 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.