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Oil on canvas, 24 x 16 inches
CR No. 284
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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
1946–1947
Whitney Museum of American Art
University of Michigan, Museum of Art
Springfield Museums
Delaware Art Museum
Baltimore Museum of Art
Phillips Memorial Gallery
New Orleans Museum of Art
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Minnesota Museum of American Art
Columbus Museum of Art
Munson Museum
Smith College Museum of Art
1959
Downtown Gallery (The)
Worcester Art Museum
1961
1963–1964
Whitney Museum of American Art
Saint Louis Art Museum
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)
Art Institute of Chicago
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
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)
2009–2010
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Phillips Collection
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
(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)
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Version History
Core fields last updated 10/29/2026
Last verified by current collection
Source System ID
8399
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