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Georgia O'Keeffe
No. II Light Coming On the Plains, 1917
Courtesy of Amon Carter Museum of American Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR210_no-ii-light-coming-on-the-plains_857657.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
No. II Light Coming On the Plains, 1917
Watercolor on paper, newsprint, 11 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches
CR No. 210
Watercolor on paper, newsprint, 11 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches
CR No. 210

A large, blue, half oval sits at the center of the composition. The shape fades from pale gray at the bottom center to dark blue towards its edges. Below the oval form is a band of purple and greenish gray. The abstract composition gives the sense of an expanse of lightening dawn sky over a flat landscape.

CR No. 210

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

No. II Light Coming On the Plains

Source of title: inscription in museum files: 'No II / Light Coming on the Plains / 1917 / Watercolor on Paper / 12 x 9 / Baker 24-693'(label printed by O'Keeffe (red), blue ink).

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Light Coming on the Plains No. II

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive. (Title used by Amon Carter Museum.)

Light Coming on the Plains II

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

Technique

Watercolor

Materials

Watercolor on paper, newsprint

Extended Medium Description

Watercolor on thin, beige, smooth wove paper, newsprint (Source: Paper Survey researched by Judith C. Walsh and published in Lynes, 1999.)

Credits & Rights

© Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 8/26/2026

Source System ID

8352

Other IDs

210, Catalogue Raisonné