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Georgia O'Keeffe
Birch and Pine Tree No. 1, 1925
Courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR507_birch-and-pine-tree-no-1_857718.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Birch and Pine Tree No. 1, 1925
Oil on canvas, 35 x 22 inches
CR No. 507
Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe for the Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1987
Oil on canvas, 35 x 22 inches
Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe for the Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1987
CR No. 507

Three smooth branches of a white birch emerge from the bottom center of the work. The branches intertwine with green boughs from a pine tree that stands just behind the birch. The background of the composition is dark blue and black, with a glowing white light at the center.

CR No. 507

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Birch and Pine Tree No. 1

Source of title: Whitney Archive.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Birch & Pine Trees

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Birch and Pine Tree, No. 1

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Birch and Pine Tree No. I

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946. . . . No signature." Abiquiú Notebooks notes inscriptions 1, 2. Pictured in 1934 New York (An American Place) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 56. Reproduced in Creative Art (January 1928); reproduced and titled Birch and Pine in Newark Evening News (March 1934). Anita O'Keeffe Young was the artist's sister. She purchased many O'Keeffe pictures, and frequently traded those she had purchased for others. This may be an example of such a trade. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: "#12a" (unidentified hand, graphite). Backing:

  1. OK {5star} (graphite)
  2. "Birch & Pine Trees / 1925 / Georgia O'Keeffe [in oval] /Black Tree – Lake George" {"Black Tree – Lake George" crossed out} (AS, graphite)
  3. "Birch & Pine Trees / 1925" (AD, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Anita O'Keeffe Young (1891‑1985), the artist's sister, Newport, Rhode Island, by 1970 [1]; returned to the artist's collection [2]; The Georgia O'Keeffe Estate,1986; bequest to Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1987
1. Younger sister of Georgia O'Keeffe. Married to Robert Ralph Young (1897‑1958).
2. The painting likely transferred back to the artist collection with her sister Anita's death in 1985
(Source: Philadelphia 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 Aug 06 2025

Source System ID

8590

Other IDs

507, 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

Abiquiú Notebooks indicates, "Keck: 1950" [not verified].