Skip to main content
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum: Access O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe
No. III Light Coming on the Plains, 1917
Courtesy of Amon Carter Museum of American Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR211_no-iii-light-coming-on-the-plains_857658.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
No. III Light Coming on the Plains, 1917
Watercolor on paper, newsprint*, 11 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches
CR No. 211
Watercolor on paper, newsprint*, 11 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches
CR No. 211

In this abstract landscape, a large, arch-shaped blue sky features a glowing sun at its center. Below the form is a horizon line and an expanse of dark blue land. Surrounding the image is the plain, unpainted surface of the paper.

CR No. 211

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

No. III Light Coming on the Plains

Source of title: backing inscriptions in museum file: 'No III / Light Coming on the Plains / 1917 / Watercolor on paper / 12 x 9 / Baker 24-680'(label printed by O'Keeffe (red), blue ink).

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Light Coming on the Plains III

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Light Coming on the Plains No. III

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks. (Title used by Amon Carter Museum of American Art.)

General Remarks

Not recorded Whitney Archive. Pictured in 1923 New York (Anderson) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 21. See cat. no. 81. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

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 3/30/2026

Source System ID

8353

Other IDs

211, Catalogue Raisonné