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Georgia O'Keeffe
Black Spot, No. 2, 1919
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Black Spot, No. 2, 1919
Oil on canvas, 24 x 16 inches
CR No. 284
Oil on canvas, 24 x 16 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 284

A rectangular band of black extends forward from a narrow, white and gray shape. These forms run diagonally across the composition. To the right of these, a rounded light blue form is partially visible. Pale yellow shapes fill the bottom of the composition, while dark blue forms spread across the upper right side of the canvas. Just above the black band, a tiny sliver of pink is visible.

CR No. 284

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Black Spot, No. 2

Source of title: Whitney Archive.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Black Spot

Source of title: Downtown Gallery label.

Black Spot #2

Source of title: Downtown Gallery label.

Black Spot No. 2

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Exam. at Whitney Museum, April 1946 [note of inscription 2]. . . . On frame: 'Black Spot #2'" [not verified]. Pictured in 1923 New York (Anderson) and 1934 New York (An American Place) Stieglitz installation photographs, see Appendix III, figures 13, 56. Reproduced and titled Black Spot in Dial (December 1921). (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible [backing label indicates inscription on verso; not verified]. Backing: 1. OK {5star} (graphite) 2. "Black Spot / Georgia O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts label, black ink) 3. "No 2" [added to title] (Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts label, black ink) 4. "Georgia O'Keeffe 1919 / Black Spot – oil / An American Place / 509 Madison Ave" (Andrew Droth, Whitney Museum exhibition label, black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY); Mr. and Mrs. Irving Levick, Buffalo, New York, 1961; Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, NY, sale no. 3454, lot no. 135, 13 December 1972; (Bernard Danenberg Galleries, New York, NY) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 10/29/2026

Source System ID

8399

Other IDs

284, Catalogue Raisonné