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Georgia O'Keeffe
From the Lake, No. I, 1924
Couresy of Des Moines Art Center.
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Georgia O'Keeffe
From the Lake, No. I, 1924
Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches
CR No. 470
Purchased with funds from the Coffin Fine Arts Trust; Nathan Emory Coffin Collection of the Des Moines Art Center, 1984.3
Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches
Purchased with funds from the Coffin Fine Arts Trust; Nathan Emory Coffin Collection of the Des Moines Art Center, 1984.3
CR No. 470

Sweeping, leaf-like abstract forms run diagonally across the canvas. The shapes are rendered in shades of white, pale yellow, blue, and brown. A large blue form on the lower right resembles a lake, while brown shapes appear as mountains looming above it. Billowing gray forms in the upper right corner of the composition could represent growing storm clouds.

CR No. 470

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

From the Lake, No. I

Source of title: Whitney Archive.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

From the Lake – No. 1

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

From the Lake

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

From the Lake # I

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

From the Lake No. I

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Artist; Downtown Gallery, New York [acquired from previous, May 17, 1960]; Charles Simon, New York [purchased from previous, November 19, 1960]; Jane Wade, New York [acquired from previous]; George M. Irwin, Quincy, IL [purchased from previous, 1965]; Des Moines Art Center [purchased from previous, 1984] (Source: Des Moines Art Center, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Last verified by current collection Dec 24 2025

Source System ID

8556

Other IDs

470, Catalogue Raisonné