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Oil on board, 20 x 25 inches
CR No. 490
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Two black petunias with purple centers are surrounded by bright green leaves. A plain white background is visible behind the flora.
CR No. 490
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Black and Purple Petunias
Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.
Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Black & Purple Petunias
General Remarks
Whitney Archive indicates, "Knight Pub, Inc, 1937 Color plate 1." Picture of this subject mentioned in 1934 New York (An American Place) exhibition review in New York Times (1934). (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. OK {5star} (graphite) 2. "Black & Purple Petunias – 1925 / (Oil) by Georgia O'Keeffe / c/o American Place / (Rm 1710) / 509 Madison Ave. / New York / N.Y." (Alfred Stieglitz, black ink) 3. "Black & Purple Petunias – 1925 / by Georgia O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, Label: handwritten, "An American Place' / 509 Madison Avenue / New York — N.Y. / Georgia O'Keeffe", black ink) 4. "by Georgia O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, graphite) 5. "CARE / Screw eyes as indicated / Do not smash frames" (Alfred Stieglitz, black crayon) [twice] 6. "screw eyes go into / frame" (Alfred Stieglitz, black ink) [twice] (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Oil Painting
Materials
Oil on board
1999–2000
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (as Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things)
Dallas Museum of Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things)
1990–1991
Gerald Peters Gallery (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
Gerald Peters Gallery (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
Gerald Peters Gallery (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
1992–1993
The Phillips Collection (as Two Lives Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, A Conversation in Paintings and Photographs)
IBM Gallery of Science and Art (as Two Lives Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, A Conversation in Paintings and Photographs)
Minneapolis Institute of Arts (as Two Lives Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, A Conversation in Paintings and Photographs)
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFA H) (as Two Lives Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, A Conversation in Paintings and Photographs)
(Doris Bry, New York, NY); (Terry Dintenfass, Inc., New York, NY); Private collection, New York, NY, 1968; (Casper Fine Arts, New York, NY); Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1988 (Source: Lynes, 1999)
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Version History
Core fields last updated 3/30/2026
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Source System ID
8575
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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.
"Painting has been varnished by Felrath Hines February 1968 Re-done June 1969 -- " (Doris Bry, black ink). "Varnished w/ Soluvar, June '88."
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