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Georgia O'Keeffe
Pool in the Woods, Lake George, 1922
Courtesy of Reynolda House Museum of American Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR396_pool-in-the-woods-lake-george_858562.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Pool in the Woods, Lake George, 1922
Pastel on paper, 17 x 27 1/2 inches (image) ^17 1/2 x 27 7/8 inches (sheet)
CR No. 396
Gift of Barbara B. Millhouse in memory of E. Carter, Nancy Susan Reynolds, and Winifred Babcock
Pastel on paper, 17 x 27 1/2 inches (image) ^17 1/2 x 27 7/8 inches (sheet)
Gift of Barbara B. Millhouse in memory of E. Carter, Nancy Susan Reynolds, and Winifred Babcock
CR No. 396

In this semiabstract landscape, a still pond reflects blue mountains with a bright green and brown strip of land below. The land opens up, forming a circular, cave-like shape at the center of the composition. A narrow strip of bright blue sky is just barely visible above the mountains.

CR No. 396

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Pool in the Woods, Lake George

Source of title: Whitney Archive.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Pool in Woods – Lake George

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Pool – Lake George

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Pond in Woods

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Pond in the Woods, Lake George

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. At Amer. Place, March 1946. . . . No signature [notes backing inscription 1] Written by O'Keeffe. 'Walk in Lake George/Pond in Centre' [not verified] . . . . Note: O'Keeffe dates this 1922. See gallery photograph 2–f." Abiquiú Notebooks indicates, "Sold by Halpert, April 1958." Pictured in 1923 New York (Anderson) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 13. Titled Walk in Lake George – Pond in Center by Stieglitz on Abiquiú Notebooks photograph. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. "Pool in Woods – Lake George / (Paste) by Georgia O'Keeffe" (AS, AAP1, black ink) 2. "Room 1710 – 509 Madison Avenue / Pool – Lake George Room 1710 – 509 Madison Avenue" (AS, label, black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Pastel

Materials

Pastel on paper

(The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY); Private collection, New York, NY, 1958; ACA Galleries, New York, NY, before 1969; Harry Spiro, New York, NY, 1969; M. Knoedler, New York, NY, 1975; Barbara Babcock Millhouse, New York, NY, 1975 (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 4/22/2026

Last verified by current collection Sep 03 2025

Source System ID

8491

Other IDs

396, Catalogue Raisonné