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Georgia O'Keeffe
Purple Petunias, 1925
Courtesy of Newark Museum of Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR494_purple-petunias_863526.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Purple Petunias, 1925
Oil on canvas, 15 7/8 x 13 inches
CR No. 494
Bequest of Cora Louise Hartshorn, 1958
Oil on canvas, 15 7/8 x 13 inches
Bequest of Cora Louise Hartshorn, 1958
CR No. 494

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

The Intimate Gallery, New York, New York; Cora Louise Hartshorn, 1926. (Source: The Newark Museum of Art, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 8/26/2026

Last verified by current collection Oct 18 2025

Source System ID

8578

Other IDs

494, Catalogue Raisonné