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Georgia O'Keeffe
Red and Brown Leaves, 1925
Image: okeeffe_CR502_red-and-brown-leaves_793755.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Red and Brown Leaves, 1925
Oil on canvas, 25 x 19 3/4 inches
CR No. 502
Oil on canvas, 25 x 19 3/4 inches
CR No. 502

A brown leaf with dark red veins rests atop a larger, bright red and orange leaf with browning edges. These sit against a blurry, textured green background.

CR No. 502

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Red and Brown Leaves

Source of title: backing inscriptions 1, 2.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Autumn Leaves

General Remarks

Not recorded Whitney Archive. Downtown Gallery Archive notes backing inscription 1. Abiquiú Notebooks indicates, "N.F.S." Pictured in 1935 New York (An American Place) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 58. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Backing: 1. "Red and Brown Leaves / by Georgia O'Keeffe / 1925?" (Andrew Droth, Label: printed, An American Place, black ink) 2. "Red and Brown Leaves" (Andrew Droth, graphite (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Private collection, gift, c. 1976 (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

8586

Other IDs

502, Catalogue Raisonné