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Georgia O'Keeffe
Inside Red Canna, 1919
Image: okeeffe_CR306_inside-red-canna_793677.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Inside Red Canna, 1919
Oil on canvas, 22 x 17 inches
CR No. 306
Oil on canvas, 22 x 17 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 306

A huge, geometric red canna flower blooms at the center of the composition. Its layered red, pink, and purple petals expand from its dark center. The petals contrast with a geometric, abstract green background.

CR No. 306

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Inside Red Canna

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks, backing inscription 3.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, April 1946." Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks note of backing inscriptions 1, 3, but attribute 3 to O'Keeffe. Pictured in 1923 New York (Anderson) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 15. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. OK {circle} (graphite) 2. "1919" (Alfred Stieglitz, black crayon) 3. "Inside Red Canna / Georgia O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

ACA Galleries, New York, NY, purchase, 1979 (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 5/5/2026

Source System ID

8415

Other IDs

306, Catalogue Raisonné