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Georgia O'Keeffe
Landscape on Lake George, 1922
Image: okeeffe_CR390_landscape-on-lake-george_824283.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Landscape on Lake George, 1922
Oil on canvas, 8 3/4 x 15 13/16 inches
CR No. 390
Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Bequest of the Rebecca Salsbury James Estate, 1968 (2287.23P)
Oil on canvas, 8 3/4 x 15 13/16 inches
Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Bequest of the Rebecca Salsbury James Estate, 1968 (2287.23P)
CR No. 390

Black forms occupy the foreground of this semiabstract landscape. They are silhouetted against a dark blue lake with black hills just beyond it. Above is a pale blue sky with a single cloud stretching almost the length of the canvas.

CR No. 390

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Landscape on Lake George

Source of title: Whitney Archive (American Art Research Council Questionnaires), Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Lake George, New York

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive (American Art Research Council Questionnaires) indicates, "Bought from Georgia O'Keeffe at Anderson Galleries NYC –– 1923." Abiquiú Notebooks indicates, "Bought from Stieglitz." Pictured in 1923 New York (Anderson) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 15. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

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

Verso upper center (in black ink): TAOS N. MEX. // LAKE GEORGE, N.Y CA.1924 // BY // GEORGIA O'KEEFFE

Verso lower left (in black ink): Property of // William H & Rebecca S. James - TAOS - New Mexico (Source: New Mexico Museum of Art, 2025)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(Alfred Stieglitz, New York, NY); Rebecca Salsbury Strand, New York, NY, 1923
(Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 8/26/2026

Last verified by current collection Sep 22 2025

Source System ID

8486

Other IDs

390, Catalogue Raisonné

Conservation

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

Information provided for Access O'Keeffe by New Mexico Museum of Art in 2025.

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

Surface: The surface has an overall layer of grime throughout the sky section of the image. At the far left side edge near center in the dark mountains is a fine web like series of cracks in the surface. There are minor white accretions scattered throughout the mountain area of the image. At center left in the mountain area near the outer edge is a 2" vertical hairline crack. There is a section of fine slight alligator cracks at the center left in the mountains of the image. At upper center near the top edge of the dark mountains is a web like series of cracks with cleavage. There is a minor brown accretion at the upper right just above the thin cloud in the sky and a series of scattered white accretions at the upper right at the top edge of the cloud. There is a series of fine minor cracks at the upper right just below the dip in the mountains. There are minor white accretions scattered throughout the lower half of the image. The surface has a minor circular stain at the lower right just above the red bush closest to center.

Frame: The frame shows signs of wear with gouges, cracks, loss of gilding, chips and scratches throughout. There is also an overall discoloration of the gilding throughout the frame. At the upper left side is a significant gouge with loss. Along the bottom edge of the frame is a 3 1/2” vertical scratch with loss at the left and a 5 3/4" scratch with loss at the right. The right side of the frame at center has a 5" vertical scratch with loss and two significant gouges with loss along the upper half. At the upper right corner along the side is a section of surface grime. Along the top edge of the frame at the left is a horizontal strip of black surface grime and there is a 5 1/2" horizontal scratch at the right.