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Georgia O'Keeffe
Music, Pink and Blue No. 2, 1918
Courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Music, Pink and Blue No. 2, 1918
Oil on canvas, 35 x 29 15/16 inches
CR No. 258
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Emily Fisher Landau in honor of Tom Armstrong
Oil on canvas, 35 x 29 15/16 inches
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Emily Fisher Landau in honor of Tom Armstrong
CR No. 258

CR No. 258

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Music, Pink and Blue No. 2

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Pink

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "See gallery photograph 2–b." Abiquiú Notebooks notes Pan American Federation of Arts label and indicates, "Back: Initials and star" [not verified]. Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks date 1919. Backing inscription dates 1918. Dated 1918 on basis of similarities to cat. nos. 256, 257. Pictured in 1923 New York (Anderson) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 13. Titled No. 2 – Music – Pink – Blue by O'Keeffe on Abiquiú Notebooks photograph; reproduced and titled Painting in Playboy (July 1924). (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: 1. "#3 pull back / cut out" (unidentified hand, graphite) 2. "WW" (unidentified hand, black ink). Backing: 1. "Pink No 2 / Georgia O'Keeffe / Geo. F. Of / 274 Madison Avenue New York" (Alfred Stieglitz, Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts label, black ink) 2. "Georgia O'Keeffe No. 4 / Pink" (Alfred Stieglitz, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Label removed from backing board [housed in object file]: THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS/ EXHIBITION OF WORK SHOWING THE LATER/ TENDENCIES IN ART/ 1921/ TO BE/ DETACHED AND FIXED ON BACK OF WORK/ TITLE Pink No 2/ artist Georgia O'Keeffe/ RETURN ADDRESS Geo. F. of/ 274 Madison Avenue, New York

On stretcher bar upper left in graphite [horizontal orientation]: #3 Peel Back/ Cell Out

Label removed from backing board [housed in object file]: Two Lives: O'Keeffe and Stieglitz / #16 / Georgia O'Keeffe / Music - Pink and Blue, II / Crate 1 / * / * / * /

(Source: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2025)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

1919-1984 collection of the artist; 1984-1991 collection of Emily Fisher Landau, New York, New York (sold through the artist); 1991 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (gift of Emily Fisher Landau)
(Source: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Last verified by current collection Sep 15 2025

Source System ID

8381

Other IDs

258, Catalogue Raisonné