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Watercolor on paper, newsprint, 11 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches
CR No. 210
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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.)
1958
1966
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFA H)
1969
1970–1971
Whitney Museum of American Art
Art Institute of Chicago
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
1977
1987–1989
National Gallery of Art (NGA)
Art Institute of Chicago
Dallas Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
© Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Version History
Core fields last updated 8/26/2026
Last verified by current collection
Source System ID
8352
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