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Georgia O'Keeffe
Black and Purple Petunias, 1925
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Black and Purple Petunias, 1925
Oil on board, 20 x 25 inches
CR No. 490
Oil on board, 20 x 25 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 490

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

(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)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

8575

Other IDs

490, 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

"Painting has been varnished by Felrath Hines February 1968 Re-done June 1969 -- " (Doris Bry, black ink). "Varnished w/ Soluvar, June '88."