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Georgia O'Keeffe
Leaves, 1923
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Leaves, 1923
Oil on canvas, 12 x 9 inches
CR No. 433
Oil on canvas, 12 x 9 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 433

A cluster of several overlapping, vibrant green oak leaves spring from a central point. The frontmost leaves are a bright, yellowish green, while the ones in the back are a darker shade. The background is painted in shades of gray.

CR No. 433

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Leaves

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, 1924 New York (Anderson) exhibition checklist.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Green Oak Leaves

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

General Remarks

Double entries Downtown Gallery Archive. Not recorded Abiquiú Notebooks. Whitney Archive indicates, "Note: Miss O'Keeffe thinks this is the 'Leaves' sold to Cora L. Hartshorn." Pictured in 1924 New York (Anderson) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 24. Reproduced and titled Green Leaves in The Arts (April 1924). (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Green Oak Leaves (58.168) was deaccessioned from the The Newark Museum of Art in 2021 and sold at Sotheby's New York: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 [Lot 00007], American Art. (Source: The Newark Museum of Art, 2025)

Inscriptions

Backing: "Stieglitz #27 {"27" crossed out} / same as before 7/8 [drawing of frame] silver leaf / glass & strips / St 8 7/8 x 11 7/8" (George Of, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(The Anderson Galleries, New York, NY); Cora Louise Hartshorn, Short Hills, New Jersey, 1924 (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

8523

Other IDs

433, Catalogue Raisonné