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Georgia O'Keeffe
Pink and Green, 1922
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Pink and Green, 1922
Pastel on linen, 16 x 14 inches
CR No. 366
Pastel on linen, 16 x 14 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 366

Abstract, rounded forms emanate from the center of the composition like petals on a flower. The forms overlap, each growing larger from the center outward. They are drawn in several light colors, including pale pink, red, blue, and green.

CR No. 366

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Pink and Green

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

General Remarks

Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Exam. at Amer. Place, 1946. . . . On backing: 'Pink and Green.' 1922 Initials in circle" [not verified]. Sotheby Parke Bernet catalogue indicates, "Signed with the artist's initials OK within a star and titled Pink Pastelle on the stretcher." [not verified]. Pictured in 1923 New York (Anderson) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 13. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Pastel

Materials

Pastel on linen

(Doris Bry, New York, N.Y.)
Mark Lutz, Philadelphia, Pa., 1950
John Lutz, Philadelphia, Pa., bequest, before 1983
William Jepson, Philadelphia, Pa., gift, before 1983
Private collection, Rosemont, N.Y., gift, 1983
Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, N.Y., sale no. 1524, lot no. 223, 8 December 1983
Mr. and Mrs. A. Alfred Taubman, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., 1983
Sotheby’s, New York, N.Y., lot no. 11, 4 Nov 2015
Entered private collection, 2015
(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

8465

Other IDs

366, Catalogue Raisonné