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Georgia O'Keeffe
Purple Leaves, 1922
Courtesy of Dayton Art Institute.
Image: okeeffe_CR377_purple-leaves_862554.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Purple Leaves, 1922
Oil on canvas board, 9 x 12 inches
CR No. 377
Bequest of Virginia Rike Haswell, 1977.60
Oil on canvas board, 9 x 12 inches
Bequest of Virginia Rike Haswell, 1977.60
CR No. 377

CR No. 377

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Purple Leaves

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks, backing inscription 1.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946 [note of backing inscription 1]. Similar to 'leaves' 1923." Abiquiú Notebooks indicates, "Back, OK initials and star" [not verified]. Pictured in 1924 New York (Anderson) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 24. Orientation differs from installation photograph. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Backing: 1. "Purple Leaves – 1922 / (oil) by Georgia O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, Label: handwritten, "An American Place' / 509 Madison Ave —Room 1710 / (S.E. corner 53rd St) — New York", black ink) 2. "Do not remove glass – painting is on board not stretcher Doris Bry for G.OK" (Doris Bry, black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas board

Downtown Gallery, New York, from there purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Haswell, Dayton, Ohio, in 1965.
(Source: Dayton Art Institute, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 5/20/2026

Last verified by current collection Sep 22 2025

Source System ID

8474

Other IDs

377, Catalogue Raisonné

Conservation

Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.
REPORT NOTES

Published with corresponding artwork entry in Georgia O’Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné (Lynes, 1999), this historical conservation information documents treatment decisions made during the artist’s lifetime. Lynes quotes information found on backing labels, and, when noted, from other sources.

CONDITION NARRATIVE

"Sprayed with butyl methacrylate polymer June 1947 by Keck" (Keck typed label).