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Georgia O'Keeffe Museum: Access O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe
Squash Blossoms I, 1925
Courtesy of Smith College Museum of Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR496_squash-blossoms-i_863507.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Squash Blossoms I, 1925
Oil on board, 18 x 14 inches
CR No. 496
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Allan D. Emil
Oil on board, 18 x 14 inches
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Allan D. Emil
CR No. 496

Two yellow squash blossoms and a green leaf sit against a white background.

CR No. 496

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Squash Blossoms I

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title

Squash Flowers 1$|Squash Flowers #1$|Squash Flowers No.1

Source of title: Smith College Museum of Art.$|Source of title: Smith College Museum of Art indicates that the painting has been referred to in the past as Squash Flowers #1 (in correspondence in the 1970s).$|Source of title: Smith College Museum of Art indicates that the painting has been referred to in the past as Squash Flowers No.1 by Barbara B. Lynes.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, April 1946. . . . On backing: In pencil by O'Keeffe, 'Squash Blossoms I' [not verified]. In ink by O'Keeffe, 'Georgia O'Keeffe – 1925'"[not verified]. Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Initials in circle"[not verified]. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Verso: "Stieglitz #Q" (George Of, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Smith College Museum of Art files indicate the inscription is at upper left and upside down on the verso: Stieglitz #1 (with the 1 circled) or Stieglitz A. (Source: Smith College Museum of Art, 2025)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on board

Extended Medium Description

Smith College Museum of Art refers to the oil on board more specifically as paperboard. It is also called “cardboard” in the Straus survey of paintings from 1985 and as “presdwood” [sic.] by conservator Thornton Rockwell (2002).
(Source: Information provided for *Access O'Keeffe* by Smith College Museum of Art, 2025)

(The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY); Mr. and Mrs. Allan D. Emil, New York, NY, 1947 (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 8/26/2026

Last verified by current collection Sep 22 2025

Source System ID

8580

Other IDs

496, Catalogue Raisonné

Conservation

Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.
REPORT NOTES

Information provided for Access O'Keeffe by Smith College Museum of Art in 2025. Information lists analysis and treatment by Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard University Art Museums, 1985 and Thornton Rockwell, 2002.

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

Recommendation to eventually have the painting surface cleaned (1985). Optional treatment by Thornton Rockwell, 2002.

CONDITION NARRATIVE

The painting has not been treated while at SCMA.