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Georgia O'Keeffe
Grapes on White Dish Dark Rim, 1920
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Grapes on White Dish Dark Rim, 1920
Oil on canvas, 9 x 9 7/8 inches
CR No. 317
Oil on canvas, 9 x 9 7/8 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 317

A white bowl with a dark brown rim holds a cluster of ripe, deep purple grapes. The grapes reflect an unseen light source. The bowl casts a shadow on the bottom right of the composition. Framing the central objects is a softly rendered white and gray surface that forms the composition's background.

CR No. 317

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Grapes on White Dish Dark Rim

Source of title: backing inscription 1.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Grapes on White Dish

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

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "See gallery photograph 4–j." Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946. . . . No signature" [note of backing inscription 1]. Abiquiú Notebooks notes backing inscription 2. Pictured in 1923 New York (Anderson) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 15. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. "Grapes on White / Dish Dark Rim / Rim" (graphite) 2. OK {5star} (graphite) [twice] 3. "Georgia O'Keeffe – / 1920" (Label: printed, The Intimate Gallery, green ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 5/20/2026

Source System ID

8424

Other IDs

317, Catalogue Raisonné