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Oil on canvas, 32 x 18 inches
CR No. 466
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A large white leaf dominates the center of the canvas. A smaller, bluish white leaf rises from the bottom edge of the composition. Another red, leaflike form extends downward from the top edge of the image. The background of this semiabstract work is red and black and features purple, blue, and orange forms.
CR No. 466
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Leaf Motif, No. 1
Source of title: Whitney Archive.
Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Leaf Motif – No. 1
Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.
Leaf Motif No. I
Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.
General Remarks
Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946." Whitney Archive indicates, "No signature." Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks note inscriptions 2, 3. (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. OK {5star} (graphite) 2. "Leaf Motif – No. 1 / by Georgia O'Keeffe / 1924 / Cat. #107 / 7 Americans / Exh. / 1925" (Alfred Stieglitz, graphite) 3. "Catalogue No. 107 / Seven Americans Exhibition / 1925" [in oval] (Alfred Stieglitz, black crayon) 4. "Leaf Motif – No. 1 – 1924. / by Georgia O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, Label: printed, The Intimate Gallery, black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Oil Painting
Materials
Oil on canvas
1993
1993–1994
Hayward Gallery (as Georgia O'Keeffe: American & Modern)
Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes (as Georgia O'Keeffe: American & Modern)
Yokohama Museum of Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: American & Modern)
2021–2022
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza (as Georgia O'Keeffe: The Painter's Lens)
Centre Georges Pompidou (as Georgia O'Keeffe: The Painter's Lens)
Fondation Beyeler (as Georgia O'Keeffe: The Painter's Lens)
(Alfred Stieglitz, New York, NY); George Engelhard, New York, NY, 1920s; Georgia Engelhard Cromwell, New York, NY, bequest, 1945; Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, NY, sale no. 1622, lot no. 61, 9 November 1955; The artist, 1955; (Doris Bry, New York, NY); (Terry Dintenfass, Inc., New York, NY); Private collection, Yardley, Pennsylvania, 1968; ACA Galleries, New York, NY, 1982; (Terry Dintenfass, Inc., New York, NY, and Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico); Private collection, Excelsior, Minnesota, 1986; (Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Version History
Core fields last updated 3/30/2026
Last verified by current collection
Source System ID
8552
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Conservation
Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.Published with corresponding artwork entry in Georgia O’Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné (Lynes, 1999), this historical conservation information documents treatment decisions made during the artist’s lifetime. Lynes quotes information found on backing labels, and, when noted, from other sources.
"Surfaced by spraying with a thin coat of co-polymer iso and n-butyl methacrylate late December 1963" (Fine Arts Conservation Laboratories typed label).
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