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Georgia O'Keeffe
Eggplant, 1924
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Eggplant, 1924
Oil on canvas, 32 1/16 x 12 inches
CR No. 453
Donated in memory of Doris Huestis Speirs by her husband, Dr. J. Murray Speirs, 1990. Art Gallery of Ontario
Oil on canvas, 32 1/16 x 12 inches
Donated in memory of Doris Huestis Speirs by her husband, Dr. J. Murray Speirs, 1990. Art Gallery of Ontario
CR No. 453

A dark purple eggplant with a twisting green stem sits on a surface covered with draped white fabric. The fabric runs the length of the narrow, portrait-oriented composition.

CR No. 453

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Eggplant

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks, backing inscription 3.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

The Eggplant

Source of Title: backing inscription. Title used by Art Gallery of Ontario.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Miss O'Keeffe thinks this was sold to Mrs. W. Gordon Mills (Doris Eustice Mills)." Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Note: Letter to Mrs. Mills returned –– address unknown." (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: "O #25 mounted [illegible word] [profile of frame] back / 12 x 32 St" (George Of, graphite). Backing: 1. "Georgia O'Keeffe / Autumn 1924" (graphite) 2. "Doris Huestis Mills / Toronto" (Alfred Stieglitz, black crayon) 3. "The Eggplant by Georgia O'Keeffe 1924 / #127 Catalogue 7 Americans / Exhibition 1925" (Alfred Stieglitz, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

The Artist throught Exhibition, Alfred Stieglitz Presents, Seven Americans. March 9-March 28, 1925; Purchase, Doris Huestis Mills Speirs; By descent, her husband, Dr. J. Murray Speirs; Gift to Art Gallery of Ontario, 1990
(Source: Art Gallery of Ontario, 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

8542

Other IDs

453, Catalogue Raisonné