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Calla Lilies, 1924
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Calla Lilies, 1924
Oil on board, 32 x 11 3/4 inches
CR No. 460
Oil on board, 32 x 11 3/4 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 460

Three white calla lilies stretch from the bottom to the top of the composition. The lilies have undulating green stems and delicate white leaves, each with a yellow spike protruding from its center. The lilies shine against a rippling burgundy background with gray curtain-like forms that frame the flowers.

CR No. 460

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Calla Lilies

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

General Remarks

Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Exam. at Mrs. Liebman's apartment, Jan. 1946. . . . No signature. Three calla lilies. Title given by Rosalind Irvine. Owned by Mrs. Charles J. Liebman. . . . O'Keeffe thinks ab. 1923, but might be later." (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Verso: "Okeefe #8 [followed by illegible words about frame]" (George Of, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on board

(Alfred Stieglitz, New York, NY); Mrs. Charles J. Liebman, New York, NY, 1920s; Descended in family; Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, NY, sale no. 1976, lot no. 98, 18 May 1960; Private collection, Los Angeles, California, 1960; Descended in family; (Robert Miller Gallery, Inc., New York, NY), 1994; Private collection, Los Angeles, California, 1996; (Lisa Kurts Fine Art, Memphis, Tennesse) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 5/20/2026

Source System ID

8548

Other IDs

460, Catalogue Raisonné