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Georgia O'Keeffe
Ends of Barns, 1922–1924
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Ends of Barns, 1922–1924
Oil on canvas, 16 x 22 inches
CR No. 404
Partial gift of William H. and Saundra B. Lane and Museum purchase with the Juliana Cheney Edwards Collection—Robert Jacob Edwards Fund, Emily L. Ainsley Fund, and Grant Walker Fund 
Oil on canvas, 16 x 22 inches
Partial gift of William H. and Saundra B. Lane and Museum purchase with the Juliana Cheney Edwards Collection—Robert Jacob Edwards Fund, Emily L. Ainsley Fund, and Grant Walker Fund 
CR No. 404

Two dark red barns, situated perpendicularly, meet at the center of the composition. The barns both have black pitched roofs. Below the structures, a yellow ground stretches along the bottom of the composition. A pale blue sky is visible above the barns.

CR No. 404

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Ends of Barns

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

General Remarks

Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March, 1946. . . . No signature [note of backing inscription 1]. Reddish purple barns." Abiquiú Notebooks notes backing inscription 2. Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977 indicates, "Sold 1957 Downtown Gallery." Stretcher inscription 1 possibly indicates date of preparatory work. Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks date 1924? Dated 1922/1924 on basis of stretcher and backing inscription 1. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Lynes publication dates this work as 1922–1924. MFA Boston dates it as 1922. (Source: MFA Boston, 2025)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: 1. "Oct 30 – 1922" (graphite) 2. "1/2 [drawing of frame] gumwood St 15 7/8 x 21 7/8 #4" (George Of, graphite). Backing: "Ends of Barns – 24?" (graphite) 2. OK {circle} (graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Reverse: Ends of Barns—24/OK [in circle] (Source: MFA Boston, 2025)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

September 16, 1957, sold by Downtown Gallery, New York (stock no. 103) to William H. Lane (b. 1914 - d. 1995), Standard Pyroxoloid Corporation, Leominster, MA [see note 1]; 1990, partial sale and partial gift of William H. and Saundra B. Lane to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 1990)

NOTES:
[1] Archives of American Art, Downtown Gallery Records, Series 4, Business Records: Sales Slips (2 of 3), 1957: Reel 5628 (Box 73), Frame 1023.
(Source: MFA Boston, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 8/26/2026

Last verified by current collection Oct 06 2025

Source System ID

8498

Other IDs

404, Catalogue Raisonné