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Oil on canvas, 15 7/8 x 13 inches
CR No. 494
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Bequest of Cora Louise Hartshorn, 1958
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Two large, abstract purple petunias with green centers fill the frame. Their petals are dark purple, but glow pale pink shade where they reflect an unseen light source. At the top of the composition, small fragments of a plain white background are visible.
CR No. 494
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Purple Petunias
Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.
General Remarks
Not recorded Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks. Picture of this subject mentioned in 1934 New York (An American Place) exhibition review in New York Times (1934). (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Stretcher: 1. "#19 / St 12 15/16 x 15 3/4" (George Of, graphite) 2. "600" (Alfred Stieglitz, black crayon) 3. "18" {"18" is crossed out} (unidentified hand, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Stretcher: l.r. "600" (Stieglitz's handwriting); l.c. " #19" "st [Stieglitz] 12 15/16 x 15 3/4" (framer George Of's handwriting); c.r. "16" (crossed out) Back of frame: r. edge "George Of" Tacking edge: l. side edge "19" Backing: graphite "Georgia O'Keeffe / -1925"
Backing: u.c. stamp "The / Intimate / Gallery / Room 303 / Anderson Galleries Building / 489 Park Avenue At Fifty-Ninth Street, New York" (Source: The Newark Museum of Art, 2025)
Technique
Oil Painting
Materials
Oil on canvas
1965
Gallery of Modern Art
The Wadsworth
2011–2012
The Intimate Gallery, New York, New York; Cora Louise Hartshorn, 1926. (Source: The Newark Museum of Art, 2025)
© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Version History
Core fields last updated 8/26/2026
Last verified by current collection Oct 18 2025
Source System ID
8578
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