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Georgia O'Keeffe
Sunflower, 1921
Courtesy of Sotheby’s, Inc. © 2026.
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Sunflower, 1921
Oil on board, 15 x 12 inches
CR No. 356
Oil on board, 15 x 12 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 356

A dark brown and yellow sunflower with deep green leaves stretches across an oval-shaped board. The flower rests against a plain white background.

CR No. 356

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Sunflower

Source of title: 1924 New York (Anderson) exhibition checklist, Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977.

General Remarks

Not recorded Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on board

Elizabeth Stieglitz Davidson, Lake George, N.Y., gift, 1920s
Elizabeth Margery Bodkin, New York, N.Y., wedding gift, 1943
Irma Rudin, New York, N.Y., purchase, 1977
Jacqueline Anhalt Gallery, Los Angeles, Calif., 1978
Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles, Calif., c. 1979
Private collection, Charlottesville, Va., 1979
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM and New York, NY
Christie’s, New York, N.Y., lot no. 132, 1 Dec 2005
Private Collection, 2005
Christie’s New York, N.Y., lot no. 315, 20 May, 2026
Entered private collection, 2026
(Source: Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, 2026)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 11/11/2026

Source System ID

8455

Other IDs

356, Catalogue Raisonné