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Oil on canvas, 27 3/8 x 23 1/4 inches
CR No. 289
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The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
1995.65
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A twisting black form curls in on a small white and blue circle on the upper righthand side of the composition. Surrounding this circle are small, semicircular red forms that resemble flower petals. The bottom two thirds of the background is a rainbow gradient fading from green to yellow to red, white the top third features what appears to be a blue sky with pale blue clouds.
CR No. 289
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Lake George, Coat and Red
Source of title: Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.
Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Lake George – Coat and Red
Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.
General Remarks
Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946. . . . On backing: in pencil, by O'Keeffe 'Lake George, Coat and Red,' 1919" [not verified]. Whitney Archive indicates, "No signature. Abstraction." Titled Lake George with Coat and Red by O'Keeffe on Abiquiú Notebooks photograph. (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Stretcher: "Stieglitz / Slate #6 / Ely Bone / [one illegible word] 22 15/16 x 27 / no glass" (graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Oil Painting
Materials
Oil on canvas
1960–1961
Walker Art Center
Whitney Museum of American Art
Detroit Institute of Arts
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
1967
1993–1994
Hayward Gallery
Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes
Yokohama Museum of Art
2006
Mississippi Museum of Art
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester (MAG)
2007–2008
Norton Museum of Art
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2013–2014
Hyde Collection Art Museum
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
2016–2017
2018–2019
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
North Carolina Museum of Art
New Britain Museum of American Art
1919 - 1986, Georgia O'Keeffe, Abiquiú, New Mexico.
1986 - 1993, Estate of the artist, Abiquiú, New Mexico.
1993 - December 27, 1994, The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation, Abiquiú, New Mexico. December 27, 1994, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as gift from The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation.
(Source: MoMA, 2025)
© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Version History
Core fields last updated 8/26/2026
Last verified by current collection Dec 15 2025
Source System ID
8403
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