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Georgia O'Keeffe
Red, Yellow and Black Streak, 1924
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Red, Yellow and Black Streak, 1924
Oil on canvas, 39 7/8 x 32 inches
CR No. 469
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
Oil on canvas, 39 7/8 x 32 inches
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
CR No. 469

At the top of this abstract composition, billowing pink forms spread horizontally across the canvas over a yellow background. Below these is a band of black paint, then curling red, pink, and orange horizontal forms that resemble the unfolding petals of a flower.

CR No. 469

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Red, Yellow and Black Streak

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

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Red to Black

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946. . . . No signature." Abiquiú Notebooks notes inscription 2. Inscription 1 does not relate to this work. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. "No 26 / [words obscured] Yellow Lavender [words obscured]" (graphite) 2. OK {5star} (graphite) 3. "New York – N.Y." (Art Institute of Chicago label, black ink) 4. Label: handwritten, "An American Place' / 509 Madison Avenue / New York — N.Y. / Georgia O'Keeffe" 5. Stamp: "Georgia O'Keeffe / An American Place / Room 1710— 509 Madison Ave. / New York — N.Y." 6. "Box 17 / on 5" (Doris Bry, black ink) 7. "take off frame" (Andrew Droth, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Estate of the artist, 1986; The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation, Abiquiu, New Mexico, 1993
(Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 5/5/2026

Last verified by current collection Sep 14 2025

Source System ID

8555

Other IDs

469, Catalogue Raisonné

Conservation

Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.
REPORT NOTES

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.

CONDITION NARRATIVE

"Sprayed by Mrs. Keck May 1949 with butyl methacrylate polymer" (Keck typed label).